by Merci Gracia | Nov 26, 2013 | Acceptance, Judgments, Love
Most people suffer over the discrepancy between the world they’d like to see and the one they do see. Judging something as wrong because it’s not in alignment with your preferences is common, but self defeating. It often causes you to blame, shame and...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 5, 2013 | Acceptance, Suffering
Suffering is a fact of life. It’s the first of Buddha’s Four Noble Truths. According to him, you suffer when you crave something or have aversion to it. This psychic discomfort results from wanting something you don’t have or wanting to get rid of...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 4, 2013 | Acceptance, Forgiveness, Love
Under the right circumstances, you’re capable of exhibiting the very faults you find in others. Anything you don’t accept out there, you won’t accept in yourself. Eventually, you’ll commit the same transgressions that you won’t forgive in...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 13, 2013 | Acceptance, Choices, Perception
When you acknowledge that your personal belief system determines not only your preferences but the way you see life, you have the capacity to accept the reality that your notion of right and wrong & good and bad are subjective. Once you cross the bridge departing...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 10, 2013 | Acceptance, Appreciation, Self-Awareness
What if you didn’t have to change a single thing about yourself in order to feel good? What if you are completely lovable, totally whole and fully developed? What if you couldn’t hold yourself to irrelevant and arbitrary standards issued by society? What...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 29, 2013 | Acceptance, Grateful, Perception, Wisdom, Yin/Yang
One day a farmer’s horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, the townspeople lamented, “Such bad luck.” The farmer replied, “Maybe!” Two days later, the horse returned bringing three wild horses, “What great fortune!” the...