Many of us step foot on the path to spiritual enlightenment expecting it to lead us onward and upward, hoping to become something better than we are, and ready to gather all of the important things we need along the way. What a surprise it is when we eventually realize that this path isn’t taking us onward but inward, that we’re not gathering things so much as letting them go, and that there was never anything more to aspire to than the truth of what we already are.
~ Cristen Rodgers
Many of us Step Foot on the Path to Spiritual Enlightenment Expecting it to Lead us Onward and Upward
One of the Most Challenging Things I’ve had to Learn
One of the most challenging things I’ve had to learn is that healing must be intentional. There is no one golden day that comes and saves you from all your misery. Healing is a practice. You have to decide that it’s what you want to do and actively do it. You have to make a habit out of it. Once I learned that I only looked back to see how far I came.
~ Unknown
If You’re Working on Changing Bad Habits
If you’re working on changing bad habits, unhealthy thought patterns, “negative” emotions, or toxic behaviors, know that you are healing a part of this world by healing yourself. Everyone around you will benefit and they will be served by your wholeness. It’s hard sometimes and I know you want to quit, but this is the work that ultimately changed the world.
~ Emily Maroutian
“Are you happy?” In all honesty? No
“Are you happy?” “In all honesty? No. But I am curious – I am curious in my sadness, and I am curious in my joy. I am everseeking, everfeeling. I am in awe of the beautiful moments life gives us, and I am in awe of the difficult ones. I am transfixed by grief, by growth. It is all so stunning, so rich, and I will never convince myself that I cannot be somber, cannot be hurt, cannot be overjoyed. I want to feel it all – I don’t want to cover it up or numb it. So no, I am not happy. I am open, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
~ Bianca Sparacino
If you Knew How Quickly People Forget the Dead
If you knew how quickly people forget the dead… you would stop living to impress people.
~ Christopher Walken
