The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
A few of the quotes from Iyanla Vanzant that I copied for me off the Internet this morning:
"The only thing that goes on in your life is what you allow (underscored--I don't know how to do that) to go on in your life."
"You gotta own your stuff, baby girl. You gotta own your stuff. It's not about "them."
"You can have all the (dating) criteria in the world, but what you draw to you is what you are. If you'e not abundant in self-esteem and self-respect and self worth (in your heart) you're not going to draw somebody that's the same way." (That would have been clearer if she'd said somebody who is.)
"All human beings make mistakes. We make choices and judgments that have...nothing to do with the truth of who we are."
"Choice is our point of power. And when we're not paying attention to our lives, we don't make conscious choices--which means that we're living by habit or by default."
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It's easy to be graceful until someone steals your cornbread. --Gray Charles
She was on "The Talk" this afternoon...quite a character. I understand she has her own show on the Oprah network. I listened and we have very similar experiences and understandings. (((hugs)))
Wow.. I like that one that says, "Choice is a point of power"... Today I have choices that I never knew existed. How, who and when I engage someone is a choice. Not a knee jerk reaction anymore.
John
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" And what did we gain? A new life, with purpose, meaning and constant progress, and all the contentment and fulfillment that comes from such growth."
