Growth Through Fire

by Merci Gracia | Feb 7, 2012 | Acceptance, Self-Awareness, Understanding, Wisdom

If you want to step up to the next level in any area of your life, you have to face and change whatever thinking is keeping you where you are now. It’s not always comfortable or pleasant, but it’s the fire that makes the metal strong. Forge ahead....

Navigate Through Life With a Smile

by Merci Gracia | Dec 8, 2011 | Appreciation, Attention, Change, Grateful, Gratitude

When you’re skippering a sailboat, you need to constantly make adjustments to stay on course. Life is the same way – you need to regularly adapt your attitude to accommodate new circumstances you encounter. Regardless of what’s going on, the easiest way to stay...

Make Believe

by Merci Gracia | Dec 1, 2011 | Beliefs, Conditioning, Truth, Understanding

Even though your experience of reality seems so real, that version is only true for you. Whatever you perceive ‘out there’ passes through your particular filter and becomes part of your story. It’s useful to remember that everybody writes his-story a...

Correct Your Vision

by Merci Gracia | Nov 30, 2011 | Change, Truth

When you’re focused on changing others, progress can seem very slow. When you work on changing yourself, others appear to transform quickly. That’s because the lens through which you’re looking has a new magnification. Self administered optometry....

Edit the Script

by Merci Gracia | Oct 31, 2011 | Acceptance, Change, Love

If someone isn’t fitting so well into the box you’ve created for them, realize it’s not personal. Their job is to live life their way, not yours. Just because they’re not saying their lines according to your script, doesn’t mean you...