Be willing to shed parts of your previous life. For example, in our 20s, we wear a mask; we pretend we know more than we do. We must be willing, as we get older, to shed cocktail party phoniness and admit, 'I am who I am.'
With widened eyes she stumbled backwards, not able to take her gaze from the flames engulfing the wooden shed right in front of them, wrapping it into their embrace before taking it over. Black parts of smutted wood started to glow, welcoming the ton...
The Paradox of Change: People can only change when they feel accepted as they are now. Dr. Arnold Beisser Pg 220
You cannot do what's important now for you if your mind cannot accept what is happening in this present moment.
Each of us is the best we can be when we are fully present, focused yet relaxed, curious yet non-judgmental, committed yet flexible.
When you are authentic without an intent to harm others, you give yourself an awesome feeling which is the feeling of self-love.
...as long as you are motivated by the approval of others, you cannot know with confidence whether the decisions you are making in your life are what's right for you... pg 102
We cannot let go of the past enough to live in the present unless we are able to grieve our losses. We must deeply feel our emotional pain in order to accept that what is happening is not what we wanted. pg 155
I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood.
It would be nice to really shed the corsets.
Beware! Abstain from shedding blood without a valid cause. There is nothing more harmful than this which brings about one’s ruin. The blood that is willfully shed shortens the life of a state. On the Day of Judgement it is this crime for which one ...
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.
I regret all the prayers that do not shed tears.
I purge compulsively. I'm constantly shedding things.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.
Tears have always been easier to shed than explain.
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
Vincent: We shed 500 million cells a day.
Will you shed your tears for the souls of the nations?
