“If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under an illusion about women: they do not read them in a true light: they misapprehend them, both for good and evil: their good woman is a queer thing, half doll, half angel; their bad woman almost always a fiend.” – Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
Browsing Tag: positive thoughts
Deep Listening is Required for Conflict Resolution
“I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.”
– Hermann Hesse, Peter Camenzind
Dirty Windows of our Minds
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.”
– Isaac Asimov
Power of Conscious Thought
“If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence. The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future.” – Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Finding the “Root”
“It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.” – Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living
Creating Your Feelings
“Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.” – Leo Tolstoy
Feeling the Good Intentions Of My Path
THBM: “Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” – A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh I am love. We all have the ability to love and to appreciate so much in our lives. And we have an infinite capacity to do so. We have no […]
Life’s Emotional Creative Game
“”The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Siddhārtha Gautama
Mr Rogers and My Gratitude
“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” – Fred Rogers
You Get What You Believe In
“We decided what messages we are allowing into our life as truths. We participate in this kind of reality creation. If you believe in the importance of something, then it will feel important to you…”