Adversity Helps You Grow

by Merci Gracia | May 18, 2012 | Appreciation, Attention, Change, Empowering, Fear, Perception

You wouldn’t intentionally seek out unpleasantness or adversity. However, when you look back at your past and remember challenging times, you probably wouldn’t trade them for anything. You instinctively know they helped you expand, made you more sensitive...

Use Your Body’s Intelligence

by Merci Gracia | May 9, 2012 | Attention, Awareness, Change, Conscious, Focus, Perception, Self-Awareness

One of the reasons your body is attached to your head is to give you sensory input about your environment. When something raises the hair on the back of your neck, you know to proceed with caution. When your body hurts from sitting still for too long, you know...

River of Appreciation

by Merci Gracia | Apr 30, 2012 | Choices, Cooperation, Generous, Giving, Harmony, Kindness, Love

People report that in disasters and difficult circumstance they’re amazed at the lengths to which complete strangers will go to help them. It’s because in extreme circumstances, it’s easy to perceive the humanity of your fellow man. It doesn’t...

Don’t Let Fear Make you Play Small

by Merci Gracia | Apr 28, 2012 | Awareness, Conscious, Discernment, Fear, Imagine, interpretation, Judgments, Perception

Fight or flight can be an appropriate response to immediate danger. But the mind can trick you into thinking there’s danger when there isn’t (like when you see a snake–but it’s only a rope.) When that happens, the fear impulse can impede your...

Your Compassionate Understanding

by Merci Gracia | Apr 21, 2012 | Compassion, Feelings, Grateful, Gratitude, Understanding

When someone says something that sounds offensive, remember it’s never personal. They’re expressing their consciousness not yours. Remember this and be grateful that you can see through your own defensiveness to the truth that they need your compassion and...