by Merci Gracia | Feb 6, 2015 | Focus
Only a very small percentage of the things you feel anxious about will actually turn out to be as bad as you fear. Poorly trained minds grab hold of scary thoughts and join them together like cars on a long train. The cumulative weight of these worries creates a...
by Merci Gracia | Dec 13, 2014 | interpretation, Problems
Everything that happens to you can potentially serve you. When you encounter something unpleasant, you can either resist or remember that it contains both positive and negative aspects. Anytime you categorize something as all bad, you inhibit yourself from perceiving...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 29, 2014 | Create Your Reality
Imagine standing in front of a smorgasbord trying to decide what to put on your plate. Instead of complaining about the items you don’t like, you’d be scanning the offerings for anything that looks delicious. Life offers you an almost endless variety of...
by Merci Gracia | Jul 1, 2014 | Attention
No matter how random or out of control things appear, on some level you agreed to the present circumstances of your life. The choices you make and the habits you develop all coalesce to create every situation you find yourself in. If external conditions were the...
by Merci Gracia | May 14, 2014 | Gratitude
Beneath everything you do lies the desire to feel good, be happy and experience joy. Since the ability to feel good is a choice that’s independent of anything you actually have or do, developing the inner capacity to be joyful at will is an enormous freedom....