As you recognize that you already own the wholeness you seek, and no one outside you can give you more than you already are, dysfunctional situations will evaporate like bad dreams exposed to the morning sun.
Alan CohenRead
A life without change is not a life; it is a stagnant pool.
Interpretation
Change is essential for a fulfilling life; stagnation is not living.
This quote emphasizes that a meaningful life involves continual growth and transformation. Alan Cohen uses the metaphor of a stagnant pool to illustrate how failing to embrace change leads to a lack of vitality and progress, suggesting that without change, life loses its purpose and richness.
In practice
This quote can inspire individuals to accept new opportunities during career changes.
As you recognize that you already own the wholeness you seek, and no one outside you can give you more than you already are, dysfunctional situations will evaporate like bad dreams exposed to the morning sun.
Communication is an offering. When you tell someone your truth, you must release your expectation of what the other person should do with it. They may thank you profusely, love you forever, argue with you, or ignore you. It doesn't matter. Of course we hope the gift will be received with appreciation and thanks. But if it isn't we must not dictate. We've done our part, and we must trust the universe to do the rest.
When you learn to say yes to yourself, you will be able to say no to others, with love.
We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. A bird cannot fly high or far with a stone tied to its back. But release the impediment, and we are free to soar to unprecedented heights.
You can be helping many people, but if you are not helping yourself, you have missed the one person you were born to heal.
When you protect yourself from pain, be sure you do not protect yourself from love.
What could be heavier and more impenetrable than a rock, the densest of all forms? And yet some rocks undergo a change in their molecular structure, turn into crystals, and so become transparent to the light.
What we need is to think strategically about development, analyzing a country's potential role in its region and the world in search of opportunities for growth. Platforms like the Global Social Business Summit can facilitate the process on bringing about change.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.
Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd want to get involved.
There is no power in the world like that of women ... this most potent constituency we seek to represent, and for their suffrages we sue.
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