by Merci Gracia | Jun 4, 2012 | Abundance, Appreciation, Attention, Awareness, Joy, Perception
The most important thing you can do is create a life of well-being for yourself. While it may seem noble to help others, when you haven’t taken care of your own inner life, you probably won’t do such a great job. Learning to love and accept yourself is...
by Merci Gracia | May 1, 2012 | Appreciation, Attention, Awareness, Control, Focus, Grateful, Gratitude, Joy, Miracles
The most profoundly magical power you can develop is the ability to discern how every circumstance in your life serves you. If you can learn to flip the perception switch and view even the most unappealing situations as a part of your wonderful, expansive,...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 22, 2012 | Appreciation, Choices, Focus, Happiness, Joy, Love, Perception
People who’ve had a brush with death or lost a loved one know something that’s easy to forget when everything is sailing along nicely: life is unpredictable and the only thing you can know for sure is what you’ve got right now. With this...
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...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 14, 2012 | Appreciation, Attention, Balance, Feelings, Focus, Grateful, Gratitude, Heart, Joy
When you’re mentally healthy, your emotions ebb and flow modestly and appropriately. You rarely swing to either extreme, but if you do, you quickly return to equilibrium. You can make balance the norm by creating a sense of constant well being for yourself. Take...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 21, 2012 | Authenticity, Flow, Honesty, Joy, Trust
Your life flows when you live in alignment with your beliefs and values. Pretending to be who (you think) others want you to be, only makes you resentful and impedes your happiness. Follow your heart and express yourself honestly. Others will trust you and enjoy your...