“Everybody around you is a mirror that is going to reflect your wounds. Whoever comes and lets you know where your wounds are is doing you a big favor. That person is putting your attention on the place where you have a wound, but perhaps you didn’t know you had one. And if you have free will and your attention controls your beliefs, just by putting your awareness on the wound, you can shift it. You can say, “Oh, thank you for being a mirror and letting me see my wounds.”

Don Miguel Ruiz, in “The Four Agreements Companion Book”

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“Freedom from the past is only accomplished by your own doing. You and you alone have the choice and ability to either torture yourself for being human or forgive yourself for your humanity. This is when you will be able to live in the present moment where life exists. Forgiveness of yourself is necessary if you plan to have peace, serenity, and any form of genuine happiness. Allow yourself to escape the pain of the past and move along your course to tranquility and joyous living. It is quite senseless to continue to permit the past, which cannot be changed, to dictate your present state of living. If you feel the need to experience guilt, remorse, and regret, that’s fine; however, experience it once or twice, learn the lesson intended, and move on. There is no productivity in feeling this pain 147,000 times over a 30-year period.”

Richard A. Singer, in “Your Daily Walk With the Great Minds”

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“Our deeds, both positive and negative, resonate within us and within the world. Those who commit crimes that remain undiscovered or unsolved—and who seem to escape consequences for their actions, cannot escape the Watcher who sees all. For some, this Watcher is God. But whether or not one believes in divine justice, we are always watching ourselves. And our level of self-worth—how much we believe we deserve—has a powerful impact on our fortunes.

When we behave with kindness and compassion, in a spirit of service, our self-worth rises and we open our hearts to life’s blessings. When we behave poorly or hurtfully, it cannot escape our notice. I have seen, again and again, that such actions ultimately generate some form of self-sabotage, limitation, or suffering.”

Dan Millman, in “Living on Purpose”

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“If you are trying to look into the future, to see the outcome of something, often the information will come back not through your mind, but through your body. You may be trying to decide upon a path, and as you think of one choice you notice your breathing has grown shallow, your body is somewhat closed, and that you feel discomfort in your stomach. These are signs from the future you are sensing that are telling you about this path.

If when you think of a certain path, you feel heavy inside, you body is telling you there is a better way to do it. Keep imagining possible futures, varying slightly the things you are thinking about doing, until you have a light feeling, try out some new alternatives. Learn to monitor yourself, for you are an energy-sensing device, and as you monitor yourself, you begin to find the clues and the answers that are there.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Personal Power through Awareness”

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“Savoring is the act of noticing the positive, amazing, awesome things in your life and then pausing to engage with the good feelings that come out of that, says Loyola University professor of psychology Fred Bryant, author of Savoring: A New Model of Positive Experience. It is the process of becoming aware of both the good things in life and your inner, personal experience of them. You might then express those good feelings through gratitude or other outlets, but savoring requires you first to identify the feeling in the moment. To be with it. Absorb it.

Its power lies in our ability to notice the little goodnesses that are part of our daily experience, instead of taking them for granted, Bryant says. Happiness and other positive experiences then arise from those goodnesses.

“It is in the slowing down that we are better able to notice the things that are there to savor. You want to stop and smell the roses? Well, you can’t just roll your window down as you drive by the garden,” Bryant says. “Getting more, moving faster is not better. It’s giving your attention in a mindful, deliberate, conscious way.”

Polly Campbell, in “How to Live an Awesome Life”

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