Today I recognize that all growth requires change, that all change includes risk and that these are scary and difficult. If I am not experiencing discomfort in my feelings, then I am not really changing. Deep meaningful change is hard won; it is not easy. It requires courage and commitment. When I am not willing
My search for selfhood is defined not only by how well I am able to acquire new knowledge, but how well I am able to struggle. Selfhood comes with my ability to sit with deeper and deeper levels of what I already “know
Today I accept that love is not a sentiment but an energy. When I see love in a sentimental context, I wait for the situation to appear before I allow myself to experience the feeling. The energy of love is always available to me. I can consciously allow it to pass through me and surround
I can do a great deal to impact my world for the better without making major lifestyle changes. I recognize that this world will change only when the people in it change. It is people who have the power to destroy or save this planet. Today I resolve to channel my personal power toward good,
Today when I encounter my own resistance, I will not turn back or be hard on myself. Instead I will see it as a sign that I am beginning to change. If I did not encounter my own resistance, I would not really be working or taking seriously what I am doing. Resistance is a
I will simplify my day today. Each and every task that I need to accomplish can be either broken down and simplified or made more complicated. It is up to me. I will look at the tasks of my day that make me anxious and I will see how to make them less complicated. I
Today I understand that family illness is a co-creation. A family disease is a dynamic. Each time one person gets sicker, the dynamic can get sicker, and each time one person gets healthier, the dynamic can get healthier because each person’s input is important. In a sick family the “elephant in the living room
I am an individual able to stand on my own, while still maintaining genuine connection with others. I am not an island unto myself, nor am I a nondistinct part of the mass. I see my life as a process of getting to know myself, of exploring the contents of my mind and heart, which
Today when I look at a sunset and wish I were with someone else or feel that I cannot fully enjoy a beautiful view all by myself, I will remember that I am never alone. I will allow the emptiness inside of me to be filled with my Higher Power, however I conceive that to