“take time to make your soul happy tonight. It is from the stillness that life rises”

“[Slow breathing] is like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: The anchor won’t make the storm go away, but it will hold you steady until it passes.” – Russ Harris

“Inner peace comes the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.”

Story 1

“How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, ‘Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?’ To which the man responded, ‘That’s your worry’” – Max Lucado

Story 2

The Story of the Two Wolves

An old Cherokee Indian chief was teaching his grandson about life.

“A fight is going on inside me,” he told the young boy, “a fight between two wolves.

One is evil, full of anger, sorrow, regret, greed, self-pity and false pride.

The other is good, full of joy, peace, love, humility, kindness and faith.”

“This same fight is going on inside of you, grandson…and inside of every other person on the face of this earth.”

The grandson ponders this for a moment and then asks, “Grandfather, which wolf will win?”

The old man smiled and simply said, “The one you feed.”

Story 3

Thomas Edison and Our Potential

At age 12 Thomas Edison came home from school and handed a sealed envelope to his mother. He told her, “My teacher gave this to me and told me to give it only to my mother.”

As his mother Nancy read the note here eyes became full of tears… “What does it say mother?” She then took a breath and read it out loud to her child: “Your son is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers for training him. Please teach him yourself.”

That she did and the rest it seems… is history. Thomas Edison became one of the greatest inventors of the century.

Many, many years, after Edison’s mother death, Edison was looking through old family things. Suddenly he saw a folded paper in the corner of a drawer in a desk. He took it and opened it up. On the paper was written: “Your son has a severe learning disability and is mentally deficient. We won’t let him come to school any more. He is expelled.”

Edison cried for hours and then wrote in his diary: “Thomas Alva Edison was a mentally deficient child with severe learning disability that, by a hero of a mother, became the genius of the century.”

“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

Have you noticed that in reality, nothing in the future ever turns out to be as stressful as the mind makes it to believe? In the mind small things can grow tall shadows.” – David Scott

“I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.” – Steve Maraboli

“All things are difficult before there are easy. What we practice we get good at.”

“Worry never takes always tomorrows troubles, but it surely takes away today’s peace.” – David Scott

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” – Kahlil Gibran

If you can’t fly then run; if you can’t run then walk; if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer

“At the end of the day, tell yourself gently: ‘I love you, you did the best you could today, and even if you didn’t accomplish all you had planned, I love you anyway.” – Anonymous

“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” – William S. Burroughs

“When in doubt, breath it out.” Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body.”

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” – Mother Teresa

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I want to be.” – Lao Tzu

“You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” – Eckhart Tolle

“The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve.” – Charles F. Glassman

“The universe doesn’t allow perfection.” – Stephen Hawking

“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“The way you tell your story to yourself matters.” – Amy Cuddy

“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it’s not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” – The Dalai Lama

“The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in a Yoga class.”

“It ain’t no use putting up your umbrella till it rains!” – Alice Caldwell Rice

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.” – Charlie Chaplin

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived. How well we have loved. How well we have learned to let go.” – Jack Kornfield