Freedom rests on finding the meaning and lessons even in our greatest pain.
There is never a circumstance, no matter how catastrophic, that also does not hold within it an opportunity to better things, to better yourself. Every moment brings with it an opportunity to love, to forgive, to grow beyond your shortcomings.
For me, the more I don't foolishly waste my life wishing for a better past the more free I am today to create, grow, and love.
If you believe you are an effect of the world around you - that your happiness is dependent on this thing or that person - then you are always going to be a victim of circumstance to one degree or another.
Happiness is more about removing the blocks to Love and remembering who you are than changing your situation or another person.
Though few would admit it, most of the time, when people are upset they don't actually want to feel differently, they want agreement and ways to make a situation, condition, or person change.
Most likely, when you are upset for any reason, it is rare that you will want to quickly see the real cause of your upset or the solution, but with practice you can begin to ask yourself honestly, is it the person/situation or is it my unforgiving thoughts about this person and the past that are upsetting me?
What if nothing needs to change other than our perception of what we see?
What if happiness is in fact more about remembering who we are, rather than attempting to change anything or anyone at all?
Most of us, if we are truly honest with ourselves, have an ever-evolving and ever-growing list of what we think we must change in order to be at peace or to be happy.
A miracle is when we respond with compassion where a moment ago we may have believed there was something to be upset, blaming, or angry about.
Forgiveness is essential to health, growth, and healing.
One of the most liberating personal discoveries I have made is the knowledge that whenever I am upset, there is another way of looking at any situation, person, or condition.
No matter how sick your body is, extending Love will reduce your suffering and aid in healing.
The core of who you are, your true nature, is Love.
You can learn to focus on love in your heart rather than the symptoms of your physical condition.
You can learn to direct yourself to be peaceful inside regardless of what is happening with your body.
You can learn from your health challenge what is most important and become a better human being.
You may not have chosen what is happening to your body, but you can choose how you respond.
Becoming less focused on the past and future and not resisting the moment is how to overcome fear, physical pain, and all suffering.
When the mind no longer sees itself as a body, forever in bondage to the body, the mind can be free and at peace even when we are physically sick.
The body can limit our ability to experience life to the fullest, especially if we identify ourselves as being only our bodies.
Freedom, which is an aspect of health, remains impossible as long as we perceive our bodies as a complete definition of ourselves.
Within Inspirational Psychology, health doesn't refer to just the state of the body, but also the state of the mind, which affects the body.
Many people live in a self-imposed prison and don't even know it.
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