Posts Tagged ‘Making Positive Changes’

Feel like Giving Up? Keep Moving Toward Your Dreams

Friday, October 14th, 2011

“What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one ‘dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.’”

“Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.”

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, page 132.

Doing The Work….

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.  You may have to work for it, however.”  pg 92

“Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.”  pg 110

“Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished.  If you’re alive, it isn’t.”   pg 121

Quotes from the book, Illusions, by Richard Bach. Please read this brilliant little book for motivation, encouragement and a deeper understanding.

Problems?

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”  Albert Einstein

“Returning one last time to our Bible story: we find that after many fierce battles, the Children of Israel finally conquer the Promised Land. And we see that it was Joshua, not Moses, who led the conquest. Joshua was a military leader, a warrior, a man of action. This tells us that a new archetype within consciousness is required to lead us into the New Beginning. We must call upon the ‘inner warrior.’ It is this warrior that embodies the qualities of strength, courage, discipline- and commitment.” Robert Brumet, Finding YourSelf in Transition, page 121.

“We no longer have oracles and visions – at least, we usually assume we do not. No initiation master rings the bell one morning and says, ‘Your time has come.’ But all the same, we do find ourselves periodically being disengaged either willingly or unwillingly from the activities, the relationships, the settings, and the roles that have been important to us. What if these often distressing losses were really symbolic events? What if they were signals that a time of personal transition was beginning?” William Bridges, Transitions, page 111.

“When individuals or communities use conflict as an opportunity to challenge their own ways of seeing things, they awaken to new aspects of themselves. They discover that their awareness can expand and grow beyond the limitations of their yesterday selves.”  Gary Simmons, The I of the Storm, page 87.

Going Through Change?

Monday, August 30th, 2010

“Who are you? said the caterpillar… “I hardly know, Sir, just at present,” Alice replied rather shyly, “at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have changed several times since then.”  -Lewis Carrol, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, (page 7 in Transitions).

“It takes a long time to be really married. One marries many times at many levels within a marriage. If you have more marriages than you have divorces within the marriage, you’re lucky and you stick it out.”  -Ruby Dee, In Brian Lanker, I Dream a World, (page 55 in Transitions).

“People change and forget to tell each other.” -Lillian Hellman, Toys in the Attic, (page 55 in Transitions).

“Whoever in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a (person’s) life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.”  -Wolfgang Von Goethe, (page 77 in Transitions).

“He has half the deed done, who has made a beginning.”  -Horace, Epistles (page 157 in Transitions).

“Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great.”  -Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol 5  (page 177 in Transitions).

The above quotes are found in Transitions, Making Sense Of Life’s Changes, by William Bridges. This is a very helpful and must read book if you are going through any transitions or changes in life.  The book covers transitions, endings, going through the neutral zone, and new beginnings.

Following Intuition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

“Clear vision is like a man with a compass; he knows where he is going. Let intuition be your compass and it will always get you out of the woods. Even a man without a compass, led by intuition, would find his way out of the jungle, or be able to steer a ship at sea. Intuition will tell you to walk over the rope. It is amazing how people have overlooked their most important faculty-intuition. Always on man’s pathway is his message or lead. Often our leads seem trivial or silly. A person purely on the intellectual plane would dismiss them at once but the Truth student always has his spiritual ear to the ground, knowing he is receiving orders from the Infinite. The Bible speaks often of “the still small voice.” It is a voice which is not an actual voice, though sometimes actual words are registered on the inner ear.”

“When we ask for guidance and lay aside the reasoning mind we are tapping the Universal supply of all knowledge; anything necessary for you to know will be revealed to you. Some people are naturally intuitive and are always in contact with the Universal Intelligence, but by taking an affirmation we make a conscious contact. Prayer is telephoning to God, and intuition is God telephoning to you. Many people have a “busy wire” when God telephones and they don’t get the message. Your wire is “busy” when you are discouraged, angry, or resentful. You’ve heard the expression “I was so mad I couldn’t see straight.” We might add, “I was so mad I couldn’t hear straight.” Your negative emotions drown out the voice of intuition.

“When you are discouraged, angry, or resentful, is the time to make a statement of Truth, in order to get out of the woods of despair and limitation, for “Whosoever calleth on the name of the Lord shall be delivered!” There is a way out- “Reveal to me the way.”

“We must stop planning, plotting and scheming and let Infinite Intelligence solve the problem in Its own way. God-power is subtle, silent and irresistible. It levels mountains and fills in valleys and knows no defeat! Our part is to prepare for our blessings and follow our intuitive leads.”

“We now give Infinite Intelligence right-of-way.”

Florence Scovel Shinn, The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn, Four Complete Books, The Game of Life, The Power of the Spoken Word, Your Word is Your Wand, The Secret of Success, page 337 & 338.

Passing The Tests In Life

Monday, June 7th, 2010

“Jesus knew that life is lived from within out, and the Kingdom of God is within.” He knew that life is an opportunity to discover our divinity and release our  “imprisoned splendor.” He knew that, as a student enrolls in difficult courses of study so that he can further his education, so man, in his eternal unfoldment, often draws the most challenging experience to him because of the opportunity it affords for personal growth. Thus, in His analysis of the man born blind, He said, “This is not a case of punishment for previous wrongs. This is a case of man moving on to the next grade, ready for the more difficult tests that will lead to his greater development-if he can pass the tests.”

Eric Butterworth, Discover The Power Within You.