Attention is Powerful

by Merci Gracia | Feb 10, 2012 | Acceptance, Attention, Choices, Focus, Intention, Perception, Understanding

What you focus your energy on determines the results. Focus on a fear, you feel anxiety. Concentrate on a problem, it becomes magnified. Contemplate your love, it grows. Search for a solution, you find it. Only you control the direction of your attention. Right?...

Options

by Merci Gracia | Feb 8, 2012 | Acceptance, Awareness, Change, Choices, Perception, Problems, Self-Awareness, Understanding

If someone’s behavior is bugging you, remember that your reaction is based on the way you’re framing the situation. Others may see no problem. Whatever the ultimate truth, you’ve got several options: 1) ask them to change; 2) distance yourself; or 3)...

Wounds Are For Healing

by Merci Gracia | Feb 1, 2012 | Attention, interpretation, Natural, Perception

Everyone has emotional and psychological wounds. Healing them is what growing and evolving is all about. The best way to do this is to look at every experience as an opportunity to become more self-aware. Rather than repressing, avoiding or distracting yourself from...

Take Responsibility

by Merci Gracia | Jan 20, 2012 | Feelings, Happiness, Health, interpretation, Perception, Self-Awareness

Any negative feelings you have are the result of your interpretation. That doesn’t mean your interpretation is wrong or inappropriate, it’s just yours and caused by no one else. If your buttons get pushed, you have many options. The most effective, for the...

Faults or Assets

by Merci Gracia | Jan 18, 2012 | Appreciation, Conditioning, Forgiveness, Habits, Perception, Self-Awareness, Understanding, Wisdom

What others think of you is beyond your control. Their opinion is based on their conditioning and personal complexes. If they have the habit of finding fault in others, it’s just a matter of time before they’ll see faults in you. If they’re loving...

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...