by Merci Gracia | Apr 6, 2015 | Yin/Yang
When facing challenges it’s especially important to look for silver linings. After feeling the fear, disappointment, anger or frustration, think about the positive benefits that might not be immediately apparent. When you open your mind to potential upsides of...
by Merci Gracia | Nov 4, 2014 | Yin/Yang
No matter how much success you experience, some degree of its opposite will always be present. Fantasizing of a time when everything will be in alignment with your preferences is unrealistic. Even times of great fortune contain within them some degree of tension,...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 24, 2014 | Yin/Yang
No matter how hard you try, you’ll never find happiness or peace of mind by focusing on what’s wrong. There will be things you don’t like in the world until the end of time because everything contains both good and bad (light and dark, freedom and...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 21, 2014 | Yin/Yang
Looking for and exposing bad behavior by others in order to protect yourself and others fails to consider an important truth. You energize whatever you give your attention to. There will always be people who act from a consciousness that seems lower than yours. As...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 20, 2013 | Awareness, Balance, Desire, Yin/Yang
You are a powerful being, capable of infinite growth, transformation and evolution. You’re an organic cosmic computer, constantly absorbing sensory data, cataloging novel experiences and digesting new lessons. The laws of the universe ensure that wherever you...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 29, 2013 | Acceptance, Grateful, Perception, Wisdom, Yin/Yang
One day a farmer’s horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, the townspeople lamented, “Such bad luck.” The farmer replied, “Maybe!” Two days later, the horse returned bringing three wild horses, “What great fortune!” the...