Have you ever sat very quietly with closed eyes and watched the movement of your own thinking? Have you watched your mind working? Or rather, has your mind watched itself in operation, just to see what your thoughts are, what your feelings are, how you look at the trees, at the flowers, at the birds, at people, how you respond to a suggestion or react to a new idea? Have you ever done this?
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
Have you Ever Sat Very Quietly with Closed Eyes
Change Depends on People Knowing the Truth
Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That’s what movements do. Movements educate people to the truth. They pass along information and ideas that many others do not know, and they cause them to ask questions, to challenge their own long-held beliefs. … Movements are the way ordinary people get more freedom and justice. Movements are how we keep a check on power and those who abuse it.
~ Unita Blackwell
What if They Get Mad at Me?
What if they get mad at me?
If people get mad at you for having boundaries, it means they’ve benefited from you not having any. You don’t need to keep people happy every minute of the day. You are not responsible for other people’s feelings. If someone has a reaction to your boundary, you didn’t ‘make’ them react. You chose to voice your feelings and needs. They chose their reaction. You cannot control what other people do.
~ Daniell Koepke
Honesty is Also the Ultimate Healing Modality
Honesty is also the ultimate healing modality. Honesty is the absence of avoidance, no matter what situation appears. Inevitably, life transforms when the value of honesty is no longer dominated by an attachment to convenience or the threat of rejection.
When honesty is regarded as your highest value and acted upon with kindness and compassion in every personal encounter, you invite the precision of life’s inherent perfection into all areas of life.
In doing so, every relationship and circumstance transforms at the rate in which true sincerity of heart leads the way. This reveals life’s natural way of being, which cannot be known on the deepest level until you’re being completely honest.
~ Matt Kahn
Imagine the Impact of Being Kind
Imagine the impact of being kind. Smiling more. Seeing the good first. Life is too short to be dragging others down. You get a choice every single day. Choose kindness. This world needs you.
~ Rachel Marie Martin
