Snips

Stop picking on yourself, worrying if your good enough, wondering what people will see if you let them see your heart. This is what they'll see:
that you are lovable and delightful soul, a beautiful child of God.
Be yourself and accept yourself -- warts, waistline and all. You don't have to sit up that straight, be that proper, or fear what others may see. Let your imperfections show! When you do that, your life will be fun and a joyful gift to others.
People who comfortably accept who they are - both their flaws and their good points - are healing, delightful, and are fun to be around.
Look at any work of nature: a canyon, a flower, a bird. A mountain or a forest trail. Where does the perfection begin and imperfection end? It's the combination that makes a perfect scene. So it is with you.
Relax. Lighten up. Let go of shame and fear. The whole picture is perfect, and perfectly okay.
Melody Beattie

"Changes in life are always going to happen; they're part of the human experience. What we can change, however, is how we perceive them. And that shift in our perception is a miracle."
Marianne Williamson


AA Thought of the Day / My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good & bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you & my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here to do Your bidding. / Seventh Step Prayer

The reason it is important for us to get back in touch with the kid we were, is so we can learn to love that kid, exactly as it was. With the lisp, or pimples, or chubbiness, or whatever it was that you didn't love about yourself. Whatever it was that you felt made you "not good enough"! Whatever it is that you still judge yourself for being "way back then" and are intent on not letting anyone see in you now... Whoever it was that you were, that you're busy trying to change... The goal of "going back to your childhood" is so that you can finally love that person, that kid... That kid who was simply doing the best it could in the circumstances... whatever those were... Whether your childhood was so-so, or miserable, or even happy, there is a ghost you may have been trying to bury... and that ghost is you.
Marie T. Russell

Deeper bonding with one's spirit and with others at an essence level is the spiritual opportunity of the new millennium, yet the first step is an inside job-starting with oneself. People have an innate desire to bond with others in the spirit of love, but an essential first step is rolling up our sleeves and applying some elbow grease toward managing attitudes and emotions that are not in line with our heart or authentic self. Then bonding becomes not an action you do but a way of being, the way of love.
Doc Childre

Until we have nothing to hide, we cannot be free. If we are still considering the contents of the mind as the enemy, we become frightened, thinking that we have something especially wrong with us... We must begin to cultivate the compassion that allows the moment to be as it is, in the clear light of awareness, without the least postponement of the truth.
Stephen Levine

"You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow."
Harriet Martineau

Make a point to be around those with positive energy-people who want what's best for you, people who understand your goals and priorities.
Rebecca Lobo

When you're stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing.
Christina Baldwin