If life is a poem, be the poet. If life is a story, be the author. If life is an adventure, be the hero. To live any other way is a waste of this experience we call life.
~ Steve Maraboli
Can you hold happiness? Can you drink it? Can you taste it? Can you touch it? Of course not, it is immaterial. So, stop looking for it in the material world! Happiness is experienced within; when we bridge the gap between what we want to experience and how we choose to behave.
Happiness, Success, Excellence: They are not something you get for knowing the path; they are something you experience by walking it.
Stop focusing on what you don’t want; it’s a tremendous waste of time and energy. Instead, start focusing on what you do want. This is the only way to create a plan of action which will enable you to experience the life you envision.
Spirituality is the poetry of our experience. Science is the gauge of our reality. Together, they create the essence of our humanity.
Learn to say “please” and “thank you” in multiple languages.
It seems so simple now, but it took me a long time to figure out that happiness is experienced when we finally give ourselves permission to let go of the things that make us sad.
It's sad that we get attached to the way certain people abuse us. It took me a long time and a lot of heartache to realize that it's okay to miss someone, but not want them back.
I miss you so much! And while this hole in my heart will never be filled again, I find comfort knowing that you are nestled within the loving embrace of God… and that I was blessed to know you… even if only for a little while.
Some people behave as though they are having an allergic reaction to feelings.
Don't keep all your feelings sheltered - express them. Don’t EVER let life shut you up.
Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire.
Be careful! If the opinion of others is your gauge, then it is also your goal. If you concern yourself with what others think, then you can only go as far as others think. You're better than that!
Never again will I underestimate the greatness inside of me just because of the hate and limited thinking inside of others.
Stop allowing your outdated ideas to hinder your progress. Become open to new information that can refine, improve, and enhance your way of thinking. This will empower your way of living.
Hate is self-inflicted torture. It hungers for revenge, damage, division, and violence, but is never satiated. Hate is a psychological hell to which we condemn ourselves and endeavor to burn others.
Love and hate are not opposites, they are siblings birthed by obsession.
Don’t waste your time hating me; you can’t change me. Instead, hate your impotent life; THAT you can change.
The only thing sadder than hateful people’s willingness to drag us down to their level, is our willingness to oblige.
When you hate something, you chain yourself to it.
How would your life be different if instead of spending your energy and focus on hating those who hate you, you spent your energy and focus on loving those who love you?
Judge me if you want, but at the end of my life I choose to have memories not regrets.
Am I afraid of ghosts? My life experience has taught me to be much more afraid of what a human is capable of in broad daylight than what a ghost is capable of at night.
When I tell you that you’re beautiful, I don’t just mean your appearance. I mean all of you; who and what you are, is beautiful.
Ladies, most of you have no idea how beautiful you are. Don't let mean words from an insecure soul blind you from the truth of your beauty. You are beautiful by design... just the way you are.
Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.
You want a great life? Well, greatness is on the other side of that f***ing wall... don't just go over it, go through it! What are you waiting for?
The only permission, the only validation, and the only opinion that matters in our quest for greatness is our own.
The truth is simple.Lies are complex.The truth comes in sentences.Lies... in paragraphs.Pay attention to this when someone is communicating with you.
The truth is never dressed for the occasion.
Sure I find it very liberating and empowering now; but at first, it took me a while to get used to the uncomfortably vulnerable feeling that comes along with being honest.
Don’t condemn me to the prison of your bullshit.
Outdated ideas inevitably lead to outdated behaviors. When ignorance and hate enter the room, progress makes its exit.
I find few things more personally enriching than exploring the parameters of my own ignorance.
Whenever someone introduces themselves as a Master or a Guru, I immediately wonder…If those are the lies they tell themselves, what lies will they tell me?
Nobody hates being lied to more than a liar.
Lie to yourself if you want, but you’re not fooling me. Your excuses tell me that you didn’t really want it.
Your silence is loudest to those who love you most.
The writers of religious scriptures and texts would have done humanity a grand service if they would have used just one sentence, in one of the pages out of the thousands, to support respectful and peaceful disagreement.
I am in love with the serendipitous poetry with which this universe expresses itself.
