Quotes About Perspective

Our minds are what give us the power to manufacture reality, both for ourselves and others. That's because . . .

Beliefs are the hidden scripts that run our lives.

In order to solve any problem or achieve any dream, we must first make a change at the level of belief. Because when you change a belief, you change everything.

The fact that your beliefs shape your reality is undeniable. They affect you physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially, intellectually, and culturally.

When you change a belief, you change everything.

Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?" Shannon L. Alder

Practice becoming aware of what you're thinking (i.e., believing) and know that, at any moment, you get to decide if you want to continue believing that thought.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare

Many of our most deeply held convictions are hand-me-downs. They're old, unexamined, and unquestioned ideas that we innocently accepted from others.

Frankly, I don't see the advantage being gargantuan will get me, not when I have to run errands around people I know." "Yeah, that might be a problem. Scaring the mailman won't win you any favors around town." Caitlyn grinned. -Kelly & Caitlyn

But one thing I've learned is that the minute I start fixating on what I don't have — time, money, a child I can send to camp for the summer, central air conditioning — I just feel that much hotter and put-upon, and those bad feelings seem to attract extra obstructions to my day.

Poetry is priceless.... a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you're quite poor.

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.

it is safer to wander without a guide through an unmapped country than to trust completely a map traced by men who came only as tourists and often with biased judgement.

A nÅ' jobban benn él az élet folyásában, olyannak veszi az életet, amilyen.

Unfortunately, possession brings the conviction that one is right. Just as the Russians are convinced that the Western world is the destructive element, in the same way if the animus catches us, we can be sure that things are like that. The most important thing is to know this. Like most of my brothers and sisters, when I let myself be possessed by the animus, I do not realize; I am convinced that is my opinion and not my animus.

Several Nations from the United States and Canada are embodied in this collection. Even so, no individual writer attempts to speak for his or her entire Nation, only from personal experiences dealing with non-Indians as well as Indians. Sadly, for whatever reasons, some of our worst enemies are on occasion our own people. The

Learner/Judger Questions We all ask both kinds of questions, and we have the power to choose which ones to ask in any moment.

A — Aware. Am I in Judger?

B — Breathe! Do I need to pause, step back, and look at this situation more objectively?

When two people are in Judger, the one who wakes up first has an advantage. That person can choose to go Learner and turn the situation around for both of them.

Like everyone else, I believed the way to fix a problem was to look for the right answers. Instead, Joseph showed me that the best way to solve a problem is to first come up with better questions. The skills he taught me rescued my career and saved my marriage as well.

It seems like people go into Judger whenever there's any kind of conflict,

the best way to solve a problem is to first come up with better questions.