Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
“Our words have power, but our actions shape our lives.” “If you recognize that your words have power and that your commitments carry covenant weight, you won’t agree to anything so easily.”
Jesus took in the messy, broken pieces and said, “Behold, I am making all things new” (Rev. 21;5 ). Amid our chaos, fear, and frustration there is the reminder, “For everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven” (Eccl. 3:1)
“You can’t blame the past for the things that went wrong if you aren’t also willing to be thankful for the things that went right.”
A friendly reminder: “Someone else’s opinion of me is none of my business.”
“The difficult seasons we walk through are how we learn to build up strength to manage any situation.”
Atomic Habits by James Clear
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”
“Changes that seem small and unimportant at first will compound into remarkable results if you’re willing to stick with them for years”
“The quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits.”
“Before we can effectively build new habits, we need to get a handle on our current ones.”
“One of the most effective things you can do to build better habits is to join a culture where your desired behavior is the normal behavior.”
Loving Bravely by Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD
“Given all the noise that is part of the digital age, relational self-awareness is more difficult than ever. And in order to be successful in love, relational self-awareness is more important than ever.”
“My perspective creates my perception.” We have a choice.
“I can only love you to the degree that I love myself.” You need to provide yourself with self-compassion.
The Universe has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein
We must learn to train our minds to create with love rather than with fear.
When you place your happiness and safety in the outcome, you lose sight of a plan beyond your own. The moment you embrace your peace within and surrender the outcome is the moment that the universe can truly get to work.
When you pray you get out of the way. Making prayer a daily practice will help you feel the flow of synchronicity and universal support all the time.
As humans, we love to set goals and make plans. It’s a smart way to keep our minds organized and not let small daily snags throw us off-kilter. But when we fixate too much on achieving our goals and sticking to our plans, we get in our own way. We become convinced that we know what’s best. WE relentlessly pursue the path of our ego, that loud and misguided voice. And we do it at the expense of cutting off communication with the universe.
Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
“You should dream more. Reality in our century is not something to be faced.”
“First published in 1959, Our Man in Havana is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire that still resonates today. It remains one of Graham Green’s most widely read novels.”
The Friends We Keep: A Novel by Susan Mallery
“What I do know is that you have to make decisions from a position of strength. An that means understanding your motives.”
Judgment Detox by Gabrielle Bernstein
“The root cause of all judgment is the fear of not being good enough, not being worthy of love, and not being safe.”
“Love can seem far scarier to us than fear. We’re terrified to let love in, because we fear that when we do, we’ll be susceptible to more pain.”
“Judgment is the number one reason we feel blocked, sad, and alone. Our popular culture and media place enormous value on social status, looks, racial and religious separation, and material wealth. We are made to feel less than, separate, and not good enough, so we use judgment to insulate ourselves from the pain of feeling inadequate, insecure, or unworthy. It’s easier to make fun of, write off, or judge someone for a perceived weakness of theirs than it is to examine our own sense of lack.”
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
“make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.”
“When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.”
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