Quotes About Growth

And when you first see the tiniest little evidence, you don't stomp on it and say, "That's not enough!" Instead, you look at this first breakthrough and exclaim with glee, "Oh boy! Here it comes! It's working!" Then you watch it grow and become your desire in manifestation.

love and approve of myself. I trust the process of life to bring me my highest good. I deserve the best, and I accept it now.

If you want to heal a relationship, the first relationship you need to improve is the one with yourself.

A couple of hours later, I said to myself, "I think we could change a few things. Let's adjust this, and let's adjust that." I refused to criticize myself in any way. If I had come off the podium and begun berating myself with, "Oh, you were so awful. You made this mistake, and you made that mistake," then I would have dreaded my second lecture. As it was, the second one was better than the first, and by the sixth one, I was feeling like a pro.

The gateways to wisdom and knowledge." are always open.

Everybody is doing the best they can, including me.

KNEE: Forgiveness, tolerance, compassion. I move forward without hesitation.

He wanted desperately to be an actor. The pursuit of fame and fortune far outweighed his ability to experience joy. He thought he could be acceptable and worthwhile only if he had fame. I taught him to love and accept himself, and he got well. He is now grown up and appears on Broadway with regularity. As he learned to experience the joy of being himself, the parts in plays opened up for him.

Loving the self, to me, begins with never ever criticizing ourselves for anything. Criticism locks us into the very pattern we are trying to change.

The throat is the energy center in the body where change takes place. By touching your throat, you are acknowledging you are in the process of changing.

Many people who come through catastrophic illness say that it was the most wonderful thing that ever happened to them because it gave them a chance to go about their lives differently.

Sometimes when we try to release a pattern, the whole situation seems to get worse for a while. This is not a bad thing. It is a sign that the situation is beginning to move. Our affirmations are working, and we need to keep

We are doing the best we can with the understanding, awareness, and knowledge we have.

It's easy to get lost in endless speculation. So today, release the need to know why things happen as they do. Instead, ask for the insight to recognize what you're meant to learn. — Caroline Myss and Peter Occhiogrosso

One of our biggest spiritual lessons is to understand that everyone is doing the best they can at any given moment. People can only do so much with the understanding, awareness, and knowledge that they have.

Be aware that where you DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE is exactly the area where you NEED to change the most. "I am willing to change.

However, I Would Not Blame Our Parents for This

I refuse to limit myself. I am always willing to take the next step.

As we gain more understanding, awareness and knowledge, then we will do things differently.

We need to stop all criticism.

We're all doing the best we can with the understanding, knowledge, and awareness we have.

Criticism doesn't work!

I assume you are already saying, "I approve of myself" almost nonstop. This is a powerful foundation. Keep it up for at least a month.

We are each responsible for all of our experiences.