Get Into Alignment

by Merci Gracia | Jul 9, 2011 | Attention, Balance, Beliefs, Change, Compassion, Ease, Harmony, Kindness, Love

If you have judgments about yourself, either drop them or get your behavior in alignment with your values. Continuing with behavior that is not in alignment with your values is self sabotage. Judging yourself is self defeating too. Be nice to yourself....

Why Not?

by Merci Gracia | Jul 6, 2011 | Appreciation, Attention, Beliefs, Change, Create, Ease, Effort, Focus, Happiness, Joy, Perception, Present moment, Understanding

If you’re like most people, your day seems to be consumed by one-third work, one-third sleep, and one-third miscellaneous, including fixing meals and taking care of other business necessary to run your life. How much time do you have left to do exactly what you...

Who’s Driving Your Life?

by Merci Gracia | Jun 28, 2011 | Attention, Beliefs, Discernment, Focus, Perception, Understanding

Your experience of life is determined by how you view and interpret events. When you’re conscious of your thought patterns, you determine your experiences. When you’re not, your feelings are based on conditioning you didn’t even choose. Awareness...

First You, Then Everything Else

by Merci Gracia | Jun 23, 2011 | Attention, Beliefs, Change, Create, Perception, Self-Awareness

The way to change anything in your life is to change yourself first. You may succeed in fixing the outside world in small ways, but it’ll only be temporary. There’s only one way to experience real change. Inside out. Merci

Love Starts With You

by Merci Gracia | Jun 8, 2011 | Acceptance, Appreciation, Beliefs, Love, Self-Awareness

You can only love others to the extent that you love yourself. Don’t be concerned with the idea that loving yourself is selfish. It’s not. Appreciate, accept, forgive, and be kind to yourself. See how good that feels? Now, share the love....

Guilt is Misguided

by Merci Gracia | Jun 7, 2011 | Acceptance, Attention, Beliefs, Focus, Love, Peace

Guilt and shame seem to serve the practical purpose of helping you learn from your mistakes. However, this idea is based on the faulty thinking that you could have done other than you did. If it were possible for things to have happened differently, they would have....