Your Conditioning Creates Your Reality

by Merci Gracia | May 12, 2011 | Acceptance, Appreciation, Attention, Balance, Beliefs, Discernment

Two people can experience the same situation in drastically different ways. Each person projects their own filters, beliefs and values onto the external phenomena. Right and wrong is not so clear-cut. Once you understand this, it’s a lot harder to be...

Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em

by Merci Gracia | May 5, 2011 | Boundaries, Discernment, Love

Unpleasant situations or people may simply be there to provide you with the opportunity to establish better boundaries. Be honest with yourself about how you really feel. Take kind and appropriate action in alignment with your truth. And then leave ’em with...

You’re the Captain

by Merci Gracia | May 4, 2011 | Acceptance, Attention, Authenticity, Beliefs, Discernment, Focus, Perception, Relax, Self-Awareness

Sometimes things go your way, sometimes not. The extent to which you can control the external circumstances of your life is impossible to know. But one thing is for certain: you are one hundred percent responsible for how you feel about what happens. You are the...

Groove or Rut

by Merci Gracia | May 3, 2011 | Discernment, Fear, Self-Awareness, Understanding

Developing healthy daily practices brings about positive progress. Be careful not to confuse daily practice with unconscious repetition. One is a conscious decision to cultivate mastery, the other is habitual routine, which may be masking stagnation. Pursue mastery...

Thought Programming

by Merci Gracia | May 1, 2011 | Attention, Create, Discernment, Focus, Joy, Self-Awareness

You came into life with certain capacities, that’s your hardware. Your ability to operate optimally and avoid crashing is largely due to your programming, that’s your software. Every thought you think is like writing code. Negative thinking is like writing...

Question Certainty

by Merci Gracia | Apr 23, 2011 | Attention, Authenticity, Balance, Boundaries, Discernment, Loose, Perception, Self-Awareness

Have you ever encountered people who are so sure about what they know? Discussions don’t go very far with these types. Real conversations can only happen when there is curiosity about the insights of others. The more you know, the more you really know that you...