Inspirational Quote

"Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness
forces you to grow beyond what you were."

~ Cherie Carter-Scott ~

Inspirational Quote

"Who speaks, sows; who listens, reaps."

- Traditional French Saying

Inspirational Quote

“People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them.”

- Epictetus

Inspirational Quote

“You may choose your word like a connoisseur,
And polish it up with art,
But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays,
Is the word that comes from the heart.”

-Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1906

Quote for Today

"In studying my words, I began to take note how often 'no' and 'don’t' came up in my life. It was all too often and the result was always to point out the limitations rather than feed the possibilities."

(Laura Erdman-Luntz)

Inspiration: Love is expansive and full of possibilities! Feed the possibilities in yourself and others through your words. What one thing can you do today to feed the possibilities for yourself or others? Let us know.

Inspirational Quote

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

Mother Teresa

Inspirational Quote

With each layer of judgment, we put another barrier between ourselves
and being truly present in this moment.”
(Andrew Weiss)

How do you feel when you are judging yourself? You cannot be truly present when you are judging yourself because your thoughts are about something that happened in the past. Judgment keeps us stuck in a negative mental loop that’s foundation is in the past. If you made a mistake, learn from it. Make amends, if necessary, and then allow yourself to move on to live your life with grace. When you are present, you are a gift to yourself and the world.

Inspirational Quote

“Food is a much more powerful tool for transformation than we realize. Imagine where you want to be and eat like that person would eat.
What we need is something we already know somewhere,
we just don’t have the energy or the inclination to put it into practice.”
(Laura Erdman-Luntz)

Share with us one thing you envision changing to reflect who you are becoming. Will you commit to it today?

Inspirational Quote

“What if the Buddha came to dinner at your house? Or Jesus? Or God? Would you serve what you normally eat? If not, why not? And, more importantly, why do you not eat that way every day?” (Laura Erdman-Luntz)

Inspirational Quote

"I took the time to understand the challenges that I am facing in my life right now and I feed those challenges with proper nourishment." (YLC Participant)

Inspirational Quote

“I had become a new person; and those who knew the old person laughed at me. The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor: he took my measure anew every time he saw me, whilst all the rest went in with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.”
-George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Man and Superman, 1903

Inspirational Quote

“Be gentle with everyone, for everyone is fighting an inner battle.” (unknown)

Inspirational Quote

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with leave you feeling."
- Jim Rohn

Inspirational Quote

"Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn."

(Marianne Williamson)

Inspirational Quote

"Sometimes a situation frustrates me and other times the same situation doesn't bother me at all. Taking care of myself makes all the difference."
-YLC Participant from 2006

This Week's Inspirational Quote

“Be patient and loving with every fearful thought.
Practice observing your fears as a witness, and you’ll seem them dissolve.”
(Wayne Dyer)

This Week's Inspirational Quote

“You feel good not because the world is right,
but your world is right because you feel good.”
-Wayne Dyer

What do you think?

Anger and Being Right

“We cannot become angry unless we believe we are right.
Today when you feel irritated about something,
breathe deeply and allow being right to melt into being present.”

Here is a quote from Judith Lasater from her book Living Your Yoga. What do you think? Let us know if you have any experiences around this thought...

Quote for Today

Quote:
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. The Buddha

Inspiration:
Oh my, do I resonate with today's quote. I feel the punishment most when I become angry with my children. I feel so disconnected with my heart when I am angry and that disconnection hurts me deeply; it causes so much suffering. I also get much more how it isn't my angry words that hurt my children as much as it is the disconnection between us my own disconnection with my heart engenders between us. When hearts disconnect, it is truly painful.