Snips...

Sometimes, we act in a manner with which we are less than comfortable. That's human. That's why we have the words: "I'm sorry." They heal and bridge the gap. But we don't have to say, "I'm sorry" if we didn't do anything wrong. A sense of shame can keep us apologizing for everything we do, every word we say, for being alive and being who we are.
We don't have to apologize for taking care of ourselves, dealing with feelings, seeking boundaries, having fun, or getting healthy.
We never have to change our course, if it is in our best interest, but sometimes a general apology acknowledges other feelings and can be useful when the issues of a circumstance or relationship are not clear. We might say: "I'm sorry for the fuss we had. I'm sorry if what I needed to do to take care of myself hurt you; it was not intended that way."
Once we make an apology, we don't have to keep repeating it. If someone wants to keep on extricating an apology from us for the same incident, that is the person's issue, and we don't have to get hooked.
We can learn to take our apologies seriously and not hand them out when they're not valid. When we feel good about ourselves, we know when it's time to say we're sorry and when it's not.
Today, I will try to be clear and healthy in my apologies, taking responsibility for my actions and nobody else's. God, help me figure out what I need to apologize for and what is not my responsibility.
Melody Beattie ©

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall - Think of it, ALWAYS.
Mahatma Gandhi

People are awakening to the greater realities, which, in actuality, are not seen with physical vision, but are seen, perceived, intuited, felt, sensed with the knowing essence of the Spirit within you.
Part of the process of manifesting abundance and making it your own involves acts of faith. This is not just having faith that something good will happen; I'm not talking about wishing on a lucky star or betting your favorite number and having faith that you'll win. I'm talking about a faith that involves your doing those positive things that produce successful results.
John-Roger

You can be free of fear as much as you can shine your light at your feet (live in the here and now). Anytime you are tense, apprehensive, afraid, or terrified you are most likely not living in the reality of the here and now. At some level of your mind, you are pointing your light down your path somewhere. Keep your light at your feet and take your life one sure step at a time. You can do it.
Richard Terry Lovelace

To those who have not realized the Self, as well as to those who have, the word "I" refers to the body, but with a difference; that for those who have not realized, the "I" is confined to the body, whereas for those who have realized Self within the body, the "I" shines as the limitless Self.
Ramana Maharshi

We look at some people as if they were special, gifted, divine. Nobody is special and gifted and divine. No more than you are, no more than I am. The only difference, the very only one, is that they have begun to understand what they really are and have begun to practice it.
Richard Bach

Grace is the wonderful spirit that imbues every fiber of our being when we practice the fruits of the spirit: kindness, patience, understanding, forgiveness, love, gentleness, fellowship and endurance.
Edgar Cayce

When we do good things from an inner desire, there is kindness in everything we say, think, want and do.
Emanual Swedenburg