by Merci Gracia | Apr 27, 2012 | Compassion, Forgiveness, Judgments, Love, Self-Awareness
The degree to which you dislike someone is an indicator of the degree to which you’re withholding love from yourself. The more you love yourself, the more you look with compassion on the shortcomings of others. However, your judgments do provide you with...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 26, 2012 | Attention, Giving, Imagine, Love
Give yourself the love and acceptance you need and the world will mirror it back to you. When you fill your own cup until it’s overflowing and give from the overflow, you never feel drained. You don’t look for others to reciprocate because you don’t...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 24, 2012 | Abundance, Feelings, Love
A desire is a gift that gives you direction. Your ego then layers it with conditions that tell you how it should be fulfilled or why it can’t be. Bypass this step by asking yourself how fulfillment of this desire will make you feel. Then just conjure up that...
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 18, 2012 | Conscious, Flow, Focus, Love, Mastery, Present moment, Understanding
Time flies when you’re having fun. When you’re not, it crawls. If you’re distracted, it vanishes and robs you of what might have been. When you’re present and accept what’s happening in this very moment, time moves like a gentle river...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 9, 2012 | Appreciation, Grateful, Gratitude, Love, Value, Visualize, Worry
Think of a few things you regularly worry about, like health, money or the future. Now think of several aspects of your life that you take for granted, like friendships, family or good health. Next time you find yourself worrying, refocus your attention on gratitude...