Quotes About Growth

to travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.

People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.

So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master...

But if you can plant yourself in stillness long enough, you will, in time, experience the truth that everything (both uncomfortable and lovely) does eventually pass.

I'd learned enough from life's experiences to understand that destiny's interventions can sometimes be read as invitation for us to address and even surmount our biggest fears. It doesn't take a great genius to recognize that when you are pushed by circumstance to do the one thing you have always most specifically loathed and feared, this can be, at the very least, an interesting growth opportunity.

You make some big grandoise decision about what you need to do, or who you need to be, and then circumstances arise that immediately reveal to you how little you understood about yourself.

It's a simple and generous rule of life that whatever you practice, you will improve at.

What worked yesterday doesn't always work today.

Liz, you must be very polite with yourself when you are learning something new.

And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?

Guilt's just your ego's way of tricking you into thinking that you're making moral progress. Don't fall for it, my dear.

You must learn in life to take things more lightly, my dear. The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it.

Own your disappointment, acknowledge it for what it is, and move on.

Attraversiamo (meaning Lets cross over in Italian)

Sometimes out hearts are broken so new light can get in.

Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else. Only then are you free to serve and enjoy other people.

You can clear out whatever obstacles are preventing you from living your most creative life, with the simple understanding that whatever is bad for you is probably also bad for your work.

Elizabeth Gilbert

I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?

My heart skipped a beat and then flat-out tripped over itself and fell on its face. Then my heart stood up, brushed itself off, took a deep breath and announced: I want a spiritual teacher.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

You don't need to conduct autopsies on your disasters.