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Shift from being afraid of making a mistake to being afraid of not making a mistake. If you are not making any mistakes, you are not learning or growing
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When you operate from the Higher Self, you feel centered and abundant?in fact, overflowing. When you experience this abundance, your fears automatically disappear.
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No matter what response you get from anyone you meet, You are a worthwhile person.
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Patience means knowing it will happen... and giving it time to happen.
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When we give from a place of love, rather than from a place of expectation, more usually comes back to us than we could ever have imagined.
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So commit! Commit yourself to pushing through the fear and becoming more than you are at the present moment. The you that could be is absolutely colossal.
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The knowledge that you can handle anything that comes your way is the key to allowing yourself to take risks.... security is not having things; it's handling things.
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The truth is: If you knew you could handle anything that came your way, what would you have to fear. The answer is: NOTHING!
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People who refuse to take risks live with a feeling of dread that is far more severe than what they would feel if they took the risks necessary to make them less helpless - only they don't know it!
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The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out... and do it.
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We all create expectations of what we would like to happen after a decision is made. The picture in our mind's eye might have served a valuable function in helping to make a decision. But once the decision is made, let the picture go. Since you can't control the future, the picture can create unhappiness if it's not fulfilled. Disappointment may make you miss the good that can come out of every situation in which you find yourself.
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I never knew how high a price one pays for being taken care of...
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We can't control the world, but we can control our reactions to it.
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I believe that if something is troubling you, simply start from where you are and take the action necessary to change it.
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There is an automatic assumption that negative is realistic and positive is unrealistic.
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For some reason, when you become a support to others, you become bigger than you are.
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When you put loving thoughts and behavior into the world, you plant seeds of self-respect. When you put unloving thoughts and behavior into the world, you destroy seeds of self-respect.
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is not a person alive who is not capable of greatly contributing to the
well - being of this planet. Just changing your attitude can affect the
world around you.
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We become powerful in the face of our fears when we have a sense that we make a difference in this world. We are all meaningful participants in this Universe and worthy of giving and receiving love. Some affirmations of purpose are: I know that I count and I act as though I do. I spread warmth and love everywhere I go. I am a healing force in the Universe.
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You're not a failure if you don't make it. You're a success because you tried.
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You are innately designed to use your personal power. When you don't, you experience a sense of helplessness, paralysis, and depression-which is your clue that something is not working as it could. You, like all of us, deserve everything that is wonderful and exciting in life. And those feelings emerge only when you get in touch with your powerful self.
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Taking responsibility means never blaming anyone else for anything you are being..... doing.... having, or feeling.
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The less you need someone's approval, the more you are able to love them.
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Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the fear which comes from the feeling of helplessness.
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If everybody feels fear when approaching something totally new in life—yet so many are out there doing it despite the fear—then we must conclude that fear is not the problem.
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If the sign on your heart says "WELCOME", the love will come pouring in from everywhere.
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Complaining will not change things in your life; only action will. Make a list of all you need to do to change what doesn't work in your life and, little by little, begin making those changes.
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If you haven't made any mistakes lately, you must be doing something wrong.
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Remove those 'I want you to like me' stickers from your forehead and, instead, place them where they truly will do the most good -on your mirror!
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I said to myself: 'You mean all those people out there that I've been envying because they're not afraid to move ahead with their lives have really been afraid? Why didn't somebody tell me!?' I guess I never asked.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Susan Jeffers
Born:
March 3, 1938
Died:
October 27, 2012
(aged 74)
Bio:
Susan Jeffers was an American psychologist and author of self-help literature.
Known for:
Embracing Uncertainty (2002)
End the Struggle and Dance with Life (1996)
The Little Book of Confidence (1999)
Opening Our Hearts to Men (1989)
Life is Huge! (2004)
Most used words:
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