Accept Feedback Gracefully

by Merci Gracia | Apr 13, 2013 | Acceptance, Advice, Grace, Self-Awareness

Think of feedback you receive from friends, family and colleagues as instructions from life. Rather than putting up your armor in response to perspectives that don’t match your view of yourself, consider it helpful information from a kind universe. When you...

In Love with Life

by Merci Gracia | Apr 20, 2012 | Appreciation, Conscious, Freedom, Grace, Gratitude, Joy

If you were at peace with every aspect of your life and all the people in it, imagine how much you’d enjoy yourself. One way to cultivate a love affair with life is to drop the stories you’re telling yourself about how people and things should be different...

There’s Only Now

by Merci Gracia | Jan 14, 2012 | Appreciation, Choices, Focus, Grace, Happiness, Perception

Even though it seems like happiness depends on external circumstances, it’s really the result of how you interpret them. Don’t make the mistake of thinking you’ll be happy when…If and when that requirement is met, you may have created yet...

Happiness First

by Merci Gracia | Sep 22, 2011 | Acceptance, Appreciation, Attention, Focus, Grace, Happiness, Harmony, Joy, Peace, Perception, Present moment

Don’t pin your happiness on some arbitrary standard… “I’ll feel good when…” Feeling good is a choice you make each moment. Jump into feeling good now. Then go after your goals. Feel it first. Merci

This Moment Gives Birth To The Next

by Merci Gracia | Sep 2, 2011 | Appreciation, Attention, Effort, Grace, Happiness, Joy, Perception

When you accept what is happening in this moment, the next one will take care of itself. You’re always setting yourself up for the way you experience each new moment by the way in which you meet the one you’re in. With love. Merci If you enjoy these posts,...

Good Right Now

by Merci Gracia | Aug 21, 2011 | Appreciation, Attention, Discernment, Focus, Grace, Grateful, Gratitude, Perception, Self-Awareness

Think of all the positive things in your life. No matter what you feel you lack, remembering how fortunate you already are puts you in a great space now. Soak it up. Merci If you enjoy these posts, please forward to your friends. 🙂