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Ships don't sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don't let what's happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.

Stop Things Bothering You

Determination: A burning desire never give up

Determination

7 Steps to Happiness 1. Think less, feel more 2. Frown less, Smile more 3. Talk less, listen more 4. Judge less, accept more 5. Watch less, do more 6. Complain less, appreciate more 7. Fear less, love more

7 Steps to Happiness

"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon

Understanding Life

Over-thinking ruins you. Ruins the situation, twists things around, makes you worry, and just makes everything much worse than it actually is.

Over Thinking

Take a deep breath. It's just a bad day, not a bad life. - familyhow

Stress Quote

The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.

Be Better Than Yourself

Acceptance of others, their looks, their beliefs, bring you an inner peace and tranquility instead of anger and resentment.

Acceptance

"Time does not heal everything but acceptance will heal everything." - @BrandMentalist

Time and Healing

Acceptance

Acceptance

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Inner Peace

I am grateful for my struggle, because without it, I wouldn't have stumbled across my strength. - Alex Elle

Grateful for Struggle

Today I will live in acceptance rather than expectation.

Acceptance vs Expectation

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.

How to bring Peace

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. - Buddha

Unguarded Thoughts

A man once told Buddha, "I want Happiness." Buddha replied, "First, remove 'I'; that's ego. Then remove 'want'; that's desire. And now all you're left with is happiness."

I Want Happiness

Chuck it in the fuck it bucket and move on.

Fuck It

The Forever Wisdom of Connecting to Source "Contemplate yourself as surrounded by the conditions you want to produce."

Connecting to Source

Learn to love without condition. Talk without bad intention. Give without any reason. And most of all, care for people without any expectation.

Unconditional Love

Buddhist Cheat Sheet

Buddhist Cheat Sheet

"I am declaring release from anxiety, worry, and anxiousness." "I will not live a negative, depressed and a stress-out life." "I announce that I am happy. I am blessed. I am victorious!"

Affirmation

Determination: A burning desire separates us from mediocrity and ordinariness.

Determination

"Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it." - Sarah Dessen

Tolerance Quotes: Accepting all the Good and Bad about Someone

"Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru." - Charlotte Joko Beck

Life as a Teacher

"I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves." - Louise Hay

Solving Problems

Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.

Serenity and Acceptance

Do not speak, unless it improves on silence.

Improve Upon Silence

No one can depress you. No one can make you anxious. No one can hurt your feelings. No one can make you anything other than what you allow inside. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

What you Allow Inside

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. - Steve Jobs

Love your Work

"Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try." - Ernest Hemingway

Words of Advice

If it's meant to be it will be.

Meant to Be

Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.

How to be Happy

Acceptance is one important manifestation of love.

Acceptance

I shall stay calm in moments of stress and anxiety, so as to allow positive thoughts and actions to manifest from me. - Leon Brown

How to Remain Calm

One day you will look back and realize that you worried too much about things that don't really matter.

Don’t Worry

To accept is to say yes to life in its entirety.

Acceptance

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. - Buddha

Pain and Suffering

Sorcerers are not only concerned with understanding and explaining that connecting link, but they are especially concerned with cleansing if of the numbing effects brought about by all of the concerns of living at ordinary levels of consciousness. - Carlos Castaneda

Sorcerers

If you ask with kindness in your voice and in your heart, "How may I serve you?" the universe's response will be, "How may I serve you as well." - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Serving Abundance

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

How We See Things

"What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life." - Deepak Chopra

None of your Business

You can spend the rest of your life worrying, and it will not change a thing. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Worrying Does Not Help

There is not enough time to do all of the nothing we want to do. - Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes

The Forever Wisdom of Manifesting "Super glue your intention."

Super Glue Your Intention

Ego says: "Once everything falls into place, I will find peace." Spirit says: "Find peace and everything will fall into place."

Ego vs Spirit

If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders.

What’s on your Mind and Heart

The key to happiness is letting each situation be what it is instead of what you think it should be. - FB/TheArtOfAncientWisdom

The Key to Happiness

It is not happy people who are grateful; it is grateful people who are happy.

Happiness and Gratefulness

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

Happiness in Details

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Buddha

Success and Happiness

Anything you desire to do, you can do -Anything! - Dr. Wayne Dyer

You Can do Anything you Desire

No regrets...just lessons. No worries...just acceptance. No expectations...just gratitude. Life is too short.

Life is to Short

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance. - Brian Tracy

Unconditional Love and Acceptance

And therefore our contemplation of this, this source, as the power which we want, gives us the ability to use that power. And the way that we use this process is to contemplate ourselves as surrounded by the conditions which we want to product. - Thomas Troward

Power from the Source

What consumes your mind, controls your life.

Consumption

Accept the situation for exactly what it is instead of trying to manipulate it into what you think it needs to be.

Accepting the Situation

The happiest people do not have the best of everything. They make the best of everything they have.

How to be Happy

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. - Joseph Goldstein

Surfing

"You have the power to create the naturally stress-free and tranquil life you desire." - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Stress-Free Tranquil Life

Today I am grateful, for all the people that are loving and kind to me.

I am Grateful

The Forever Wisdom of Manifesting "Think from the end."

Think from the End

If the only prayer you said in your life was "Thank You" that would suffice. - Meister Eckhart

Thank You

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another. - Buddha

Love Yourself

9 Things to give up if you want to be happy: 1. The need for approval 2. The need to impress others 3. The need to always be right 4. Dwelling on the past 5. Resistance to change 6. Negative self-talk 7. Limiting beliefs 8. Blaming others 9. Complaining - tinybuddha.com

Things to Give Up to Become Happy

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness and Acceptance

When we love ourselves, we refuse to allow others to manage our emotions from afar. Forgiveness is our means to that end. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Love Yourself

If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.

Acceptance & Understanding

I am grateful for the lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and floors that need waxing because it means I have a HOME.

Grateful for Home

The Forever Wisdom of Your Soul's Purpose: "When you are inspired... your mind transcends limitation."

Inspiration Wins

Real people make mistakes happy people accept that.

Mistakes

Whenever someone else is upset, keep in mind that he or she owns the upset, and that you can refuse to join in. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Upset Quote

The goal of meditation isn't to control your thoughts, it's to stop letting them control you. - The Age of Enlightenment

The Goal of Meditation

I am perfectly healthy in body, mind, and spirit.

Body, Mind, and Spirit

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. - Albert Einstein

Achieving Peace

I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties. - James Penney

Grateful for Problems

It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy.

Happy & Thankful

You are rich when you are content and happy with what you have.

Feeling Rich

Imagine this: If you had $86,400 in your account and someone stole $10 from you, would you be upset and throw all of the remaining $86,390 away in hopes of getting back at the person who tool your $10? Or move on and live? Right, move on and live. See, we all have 86,400 seconds each day. Don't let someone's negative 10 seconds ruin the remaining 86,390. Don't sweat the small stuff, life is bigger than that. - The Minds Consciousness

Time and Money Quote

Conflict cannot survive without your participation. - Wayne Dyer

Ending Conflict

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

We Are What We Think

Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think.

Happiness is the Way

10 to Zen 1. Let go of comparing 2. Let go of competing 3. Let go of judgments 4. Let go of anger 5. Let go of regrets 6. Let go of worrying 7. Let go of blame 8. Let go of guilt 9. Let go of fear 10. Have a proper belly laugh at least once a day

10 to Zen

A secret go happiness is letting every situation be what it is, instead of what you think it should be. - Loubis and Champagne

Secret to Happiness

If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is the quiet acceptance of what is. - Wayne Dyer

Enlightenment

Positive thinking isn't about expecting the best to happen every time, it is about accepting that whatever happens is the best for that moment.

Positive Thinking

The root of suffering is attachment.

Root of Suffering

The Forever Wisdom of Connecting to Source "See yourself connected to Source."

Connecting to Source

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

I am grateful for…

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Help don’t Hurt Others

In the universe, there is an unmeasurable and indescribable force, which those who live of the source call intention... and that absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link.

How Intention is Connected

Worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles. It takes away today's peace.

How Worrying Hurts

Life is too short to spend it at war with yourself.

War With Yourself

"Don't die with your music still in you." - Wayne Dyer

Wayne Dyer Quote

Be someone you want to be around.

Goal for Yourself

Shower Meditation: Every time you take a shower, visualize washing away stress and anxiety. Concentrate on the feel of the water upon your skin. Envision the power of the water washing away your negative thoughts. Feel sadness, regret, anger, and depression washing right off of you. Let it all go down the drain. You'll start to feel lighter and much more clear.

Shower Meditation

There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally. - Don Miguel Ruiz

Don’t Take Things Personally

"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen." - Muhammad Ali

Affirmations, Beliefs, Convictions

Stop and Remember: Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting

You Attract What is on Your Mind

He who angers you conquers you.

Anger

Remember the truth I've written about many times: You do not attract what you want; you attract what you are. - Wayne Dyer

Law of Attraction

I accept life unconditionally. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

Acceptance

Before you speak think. T: Is it true? H: Is it Helpful? I: Is it Inspiring? N: Is it necessary? K: Is it Kind?

Think Before…

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Acceptance and Tolerance

I'm so happy and grateful NOW that money comes to me in increasing quantities through multiple sources on a continuous basis. - Bob Proctor

Affirmation

If you go out and lead your life fulfilled, happy, and excited, success will chase you. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Create Success

Don't seek, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand - relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it. - Osho

Benefits of Relaxing

Buddha was asked, "What have you gained from meditation?" He replied "Nothing! However, let me tell you what I have lost: Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Insecurity, Fear of Old Age and Death."

What you Gain and Lose from Meditation

"Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future." - Deepak Chopra

Prisoner or Pioneer?

One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go. Whether it's guilt, anger, love, loss, or betrayal. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go. - Mareez Reyes

Letting Go

Enjoy the little things in life... for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things.

The Big Things

The eyes are useless when the mind is blind...

Sight

Accept what is, let go of what was and have faith in what will be.

Letting Go & Faith

"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery." - JK Rowling

Understanding and Acceptance

Expect nothing and appreciate everything.

Expectations & Appreciation

The Forever Wisdom of Manifesting "Do I live in a friendly or hostile universe?"

Friendly or Hostile Universe?

Wealth comes to me from all directions. My wallet is bulging with money. I enjoy wealth in every area of my life. My income increases even while I am sleeping. I live a blessed life.

Wealth Comes To Me

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - That's why we recommend it daily. - Zig Ziglar

Motivation

Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.

How to Love Yourself

By listening, yielding, and being gentle, we all become disciples of life. - Wayne Dyer

Disciples of Life

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. - Sri Ramana Maharshi

Where to Seek Happiness

When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears. - Anthony Robbins

Grateful & Abundance

Life's beautiful paradox: Once you learn to let go, you gain everything you were holding onto.

Let Go & Receive

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory. - Dr. Seuss

Value of Moments

When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty, my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.

Thankful Quote

"You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you're too busy; then you should sit for an hour" - Old Zen Saying

20 Minutes or an Hour

The more you extend kindness to yourself, the more it will become your automatic response to others. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Kindness

The past cannot be changed, forgotten, edited or erased. It can only be accepted.

Acceptance

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited of what could go right. - Tony Robbins

Changing your Focus

The Forever Wisdom of Manifesting "ALL things are possible."

All Things Are Possible

"The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a great one." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Art of Acceptance

Understanding is acceptance, only with acceptance comes recovery. The best thing one can do when it is raining is LET IT RAIN.

Acceptance and Understanding

Religion is a person sitting in church thinking about kayaking, spirituality is a person sitting in a kayak thinking about God.

Religion vs Spirituality

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha

Buddha Present Quote

Looking behind, I am filled with gratitude, looking forward, I am filled with vision, looking upwards I am filled with strength, looking within, I discover peace. - Quero Apache Prayer

Discovering Peace

Zen Things: 1. Do one thing at a time 2. Do it slowly and deliberately 3. Do it completely 4. Do less 5. Put space between things 6. Develop rituals 7. Designate time for certain things 8. Devote time to sitting 9. Smile and serve others 10. Make cleaning and cooking become meditation 11. Think about what is necessary 12. Live simply

How to Zen

Before you speak let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?

The Three Gates

"Whatever you accept completely will take you to peace, including the acceptance that you cannot accept, that you are in resistance." - Eckhart Tolle

Whatever You Accept

I am in charge of how I feel and today I am choosing happiness.

Positive Affirmation

If things are not working, ask yourself, "In what way am I creating this? In what way can I change?"

How am I creating this?

When asked what surprised him most about humanity the Dalai Lama answered, "Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.

Dalai Lama Quote

Before getting upset always ask yourself: Will this even matter in next six month, in a year, or in five years? If the answer is No, JUST LET IT GO.

Will it Matter?

"If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good."

Why Worry?

Today I will not stress over things I can't control. Today I choose peace.

Peace over Stress

Learn to let things you can't control... go.

Let Things Go

There's so much grace in acceptance: It's not an easy concept, but if you embrace it, you'll find more peace than you ever imagined.

Peace

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. - Buddha

Perfection

The vibration of gratitude attracts more positive things into your life. - From 'Divine You' by Cherie Roe Dirksen

Vibration of Gratitude

There's no enemy outside our soul. The real enemies live inside us: Anger, Ego, Greed, and Hate. - e-buddhism.com

Enemies Inside of Us

"Look at every obstacle as an opportunity." - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Opportunities

Let it Go

Let it Go

Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see greatness within you, even when you don't see it yourself.

Surround Yourself

Picture of an old truck on an abandoned farm

Abandoned

Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences.

Positive Thoughts

Look around. This is how it is. Not how it might have been, or should have been, or how you thought it would be. It is how it is. So enjoy.

How It Is

Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different result, make a different choice.

Results from Choices

Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Serenity Prayer

Be thankful for what you have and you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. - Oprah Winfrey

Guided Focus

My Morning Affirmations: "Today is an incredible day! Success, Prosperity, and Abundance, in many different forms have naturally found their way into my life today. I gratefully enjoy their manifestations throughout my day and happily share these blessings of abundance with many others in order to bring happiness to their day as well." "I am happy" "I am healthy" "I am wealthy" "I am loved" "I am secure" "I am worthy" "I am positive" "I am blessed" "I am grateful" "I am beautiful" "I am confident" "I am courageous" "I am excited about today"

Morning Affirmations

Gratitude. It's not happiness that brings us gratitude. It's gratitude that brings us happiness.

Gratitude

Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.

How to Love Another

Start each day with a grateful heart.

Grateful Heart

Relax, nothing is in control.

Relax