Take Care of Your Own Life First

by Merci Gracia | Apr 12, 2012 | Attention, Authenticity, Discernment, Focus, Habits, interpretation, Perception, Self-Awareness

If you’re in the habit of stewing over the injustice in the world, it might be useful to take a look at what’s going on in your own life. You may be distracting yourself from what needs fixing a little closer to home. Getting worked up over events that you...

Don’t Lament What Is

by Merci Gracia | Apr 10, 2012 | Acceptance, Attention, Thoughts, Understanding

Focusing on something you view as wrong and then assigning blame is a waste of time. Reality is the precise result of everything that led up to this instant. The present moment can’t be other than it is, so lamenting it is futile. Instead, look for how...

Enjoy the Ride

by Merci Gracia | Apr 8, 2012 | Abundance, Appreciation, Attention, Awareness, Conscious, Focus, Perception

Feeling good is the result of focusing on the details in your life that are going well and not obsessing about the relatively few that aren’t. If you always place your attention on the squeaky wheels, you’ll be forever trying to oil them and not enjoy the...

Peace Within

by Merci Gracia | Mar 26, 2012 | Appreciation, Awareness, Conscious, Focus, Harmony, Peace, Understanding

There’s a quiet, peaceful innocence within you that can’t be disturbed. Though it may be hidden, it’s always available when you choose to access it. Sit still, turn your awareness to your breath. Notice arising thoughts as if they are just passing...

A New Kind of Activism

by Merci Gracia | Mar 13, 2012 | Attention, Balance, Change, Yin/Yang

The play of opposites is necessary for you to distinguish good from bad and make sense of the world. But, if you try to get rid of bad by focusing on it, you’re in for disappointment. That will just expand its significance in your awareness. The only way to...