Quotes about Reflection

It never ceases to amaze me the precious time we spend chasing the squirrels around our brains, playing out our dramas, worrying about unwanted facial hair, seeking adoration, justifying our actions, complaining about slow Internet connections, dissecting the lives of idiots, when we are sitting in the middle of a full-blown miracle that is happening right here, right now.

Wake up in the morning and declare what it is that you'll celebrate today. Even better, write it down. Celebrate all of it—the good, the bad, the not yet happened; the key is that you truly rejoice in the feeling of gratitude for everything.

All worrying will do is make you live through the misery twice.

Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life, Byron Katie

You aren't a better person for feeling guilty or bad about yourself, just a sadder one.

1. Is this something I want to be, do, or have? 2. Is this going to take me in the direction I want to go (not should go)? 3. Is this going to screw over* anybody else in the process?

these are the beliefs that you created yourself, it's about releasing the energy inside you, not about involving other people in your therapy session.

LOVE YOURSELF More than you love your drama.

As the alien, everything about this life is new to you. You look around—what do you see? What is this person who you've inhabited so obviously awesome at? What do they have the most fun doing? What connections do they have? What resources and opportunities are available to them? As

Once you start taking action you'll be able to discover more things you like, more things you don't like, and a clearer picture of what you desire to do will begin to form. Taking action leads to answers, mulling ideas around in your head forever leads to indecision and grouchiness.

Whenever anything excellent or mediocre or lame or annoying happens to you, meet it with the statement, "This is good because . . . " and fill in the blank. Once you make this a regular practice, you'll see how much easier it is to be in gratitude for much more than you realized.

Figure out the things you get lost in in your business and your personal life. Then figure out how you can be doing more of those things more of the time. Hire someone and delegate the tasks you hate doing. Partner up with someone who's good at, and enjoy doing the things you're not that into.