by Merci Gracia | Mar 17, 2013 | Acceptance, Challenges, Change, Evolution of Consciousness
Whenever you’re about to experience a personal growth spurt, whatever is in the way will come up for you to deal with. Remembering this helps you see these issues for what they are, so you can drop your resistance and heal them. Eventually you may even recognize...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 3, 2013 | Acceptance, Evolution of Consciousness
Feeling blamed can interfere with your ability to accept responsibility for your actions and cause you to take constructive criticism personally. But why hold yourself to some abstract standard? You’re an ever-evolving being who is, by definition, responding to...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 8, 2013 | Challenges, Compassion, Evolution of Consciousness, interpretation, Love
Your experience of life doesn’t depend nearly as much on your circumstances as it does on how you respond to them. When you accept that life gives you exactly what you need in every moment in order to expand your consciousness, each experience is an opportunity...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 12, 2012 | Awareness, Fear, interpretation, Perception
The best way to enjoy your life is to open to growth. The direct path is to acknowledge that you are not only the main character of the story of your life, you’re the author–no matter how much a victim of circumstance you feel. As the protagonist,...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 2, 2012 | Acceptance, Evolution of Consciousness, Feelings, Suffering
Desires are meant to be fulfilled. They don’t arise just to make you suffer, they show you what’s possible in your future. Your job is to keep up your enthusiasm and trust. Even when you have a clear idea about what you want, fulfillment sometimes comes in...