by Merci Gracia | Sep 28, 2011 | Acceptance, Compassion, Self-Awareness, Understanding
When you find yourself harshly judging someone, quickly ask your Inner Peace Maker to transform the thought into one of tolerance and understanding. Judgments make you feel temporarily superior, but before you know what hit you, the judgment boomerangs right back at...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 26, 2011 | Attention, Create, Discernment, Focus, Perception, Self-Awareness
Do you see problems or challenges; constraints or opportunities? Are you demoralized or inspired to innovate? Is that person annoying or are they teaching you something about yourself? There’s no right answer to these questions, but one thing is for...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 24, 2011 | Perception, Self-Awareness, Understanding
When someone upsets you, remember they are just trying to get a need met in a way that doesn’t jive with you. Try not to take it personally. It’s your interpretation and story about it that actually causes the pain. Ask your Inner Mediator to take care of...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 20, 2011 | Authenticity, Self-Awareness, Truth, Understanding
Any need to see yourself as special comes from a wound of inadequacy. If you weren’t feeling insufficient in some way, you wouldn’t need to see others as less-than. If you think you’re special, realize it’s a gift showing you a wound. Feel it...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 16, 2011 | Authenticity, Joy, Natural, Perception, Present moment, Self-Awareness, Understanding
Life won’t really be satisfying until you get in touch with your authenticity. How do your do that? Don’t believe what you think about yourself. It’s almost all constructed from bits and pieces of feedback you’ve heard from others. The real you...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 15, 2011 | Beliefs, Self-Awareness, Understanding
Most people suffer from a sense of unworthiness that’s developed in early childhood. Even though it’s not true, it can be difficult to convince yourself otherwise. Next time you notice it creeping up on you, face it, feel it and see it for what it is: an...