by Merci Gracia | Nov 23, 2014 | Acceptance, Create Your Reality
There’s no reason to cling to stories about yourself or others that don’t feel good. Every situation contains within it a seed for potential transformation. Rigid adherence to critical judgments and dissatisfaction about the way things are is a choice that...
by Merci Gracia | Nov 13, 2014 | Acceptance
Change is an immutable law. It can bring relief when you’re suffering or pain when you least expect it. It responds to neither resistance nor impatience. It has it’s own timeline. The consciousness of every individual contributes to the overall condition...
by Merci Gracia | Nov 2, 2014 | Acceptance
Your view of reality is based on your beliefs, all of which cause you to judge what you experience as right, wrong, good or bad, desirable or not. They prevent you from seeing the natural unfolding of life with a neutral eye and cause you to suffer when you crave and...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 28, 2014 | Acceptance
Stress shows up when you’re not aligned with your desires. For instance, you want to lose weight, but you eat too much; you’re unhappy with your level of fitness, but you don’t work out; you’re dissatisfied at work, but you do nothing to...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 24, 2014 | Acceptance
It might sound scary or unrealistic to just stop doing something you don’t like, especially without a backup plan. But creating the life you want requires setting limits with a fierce determination to be true to yourself. You have to weed out the stuff that you...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 19, 2014 | Acceptance
Some days things are a little out of kilter. You spill the coffee, there’s serious traffic and you’re late. It seems like the world is against you. Since you really just want to feel good, reevaluate whether it’s worth getting upset over these...