by Merci Gracia | Mar 4, 2012 | Acceptance, Appreciation, Attention, Awareness, Conscious, Discernment, Gratitude
An abundance of time, money and power can afford you many choices. But enduring satisfaction only comes from peace of mind. While you’re free to think however you like, remember your thoughts create your experience of life. If you want more satisfaction, avoid...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 2, 2012 | Acceptance, Appreciation, Joy, Self-Awareness
Everyone essentially wants the same thing in life: to feel good. While it might rankle some to suggest that they’re after something as ‘lightweight’ and self-interested as happiness, beneath even the most altruistic and noble sounding endeavor, you...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 29, 2012 | Acceptance, Anger, Awareness, Change, Conscious, Harmony, Perception, Problems, Self-Awareness, Understanding
Sometimes you can hear criticism and earnestly look for the truth in it. Other times, it raises the hair on the back of your neck and angers you. Listening allows you to grow and respond with grace while getting angry ensures a less intelligent response from your ego....
by Merci Gracia | Feb 28, 2012 | Acceptance, Appreciation, Awareness, Empowering, Focus, interpretation, Perception
True forgiveness is more than just letting go of the wrongs that you perceive others have committed against you. It’s a complete release of everything that (you believe) has gone wrong in the world. When you let go of how things ‘should’ be,...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 22, 2012 | Acceptance, Conditioning, Problems, Reality, Truth
You only resist what’s happening in the moment when you define something as undesirable. Your conditioning informs your interpretation, which causes you to feel the way you do. When you allow reality to be as it is, you understand that it’s neutral until...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 18, 2012 | Acceptance, Choices, Intention, Joy, Perception, Relax, Trust
Many people resist the notion of surrender. They feel it means giving their power away. But, there’s a more enlightened way to understand the concept. When you resist, you engage and do give your power over to something that you’ll then be busy fighting....