This is the seventeenth in a series of articles where I take a look at key words and phrases that play an important role in the work I do, helping people discover ways to live and love like they mean it.
In part 16 we explored P for Pausing and you can read the article here.
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Something slightly different this month as I feature ten of my favorite quotes that relate to the work I do:
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
— Anaïs Nin
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”
— Maya Angelou
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
— Lao Tzu
Read my article on courage here.
“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.”
— Jim Rohn
I look at how to give way to joy in your life in this article.
“Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”
— Louisa May Alcott
Fear of being emotionally present, and how you can prevent that fear from ruling your life, is the subject of this article.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin
Discover the benefits of facing up to and leaning-in to your emotions here.
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk to bloom.”
— Anaïs Nin
Opening up can be a scary prospect for many of us, but I look at how you can make it a less threatening this article.
“Human freedom involves our capacity to pause,
to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.”
— Rollo May
Pausing gives us time to reflect on our situation and respond, not react. And it’s the subject of this article.
“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without
and know we cannot live within.”
— James Baldwin
Love is arguably the strongest and most universal of the basic emotions, and I explore its effects on mind and body here.
