I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient. I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes personal growth while recognizing one's current perfection.
Wayne Dyer's quote reflects the idea that growth is a natural part of life, and while we strive for improvement and change, we should also acknowledge that we are already complete in our current state. Just like the sky changes yet remains perfect in each moment, we too are perfect as we are while also being on a continuous journey of becoming.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
The western model of growth that India and China wish to emulate is intrinsically toxic. It uses huge resources - energy and materials - and generates enormous waste... it remains many steps behind the problems it creates. India and China have no choice but to reinvent the development trajectory
Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.
Egypt needs to catch up with the rest of the world. We need to be free, democratic, and - society where people have the right to live in freedom and dignity.
If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.
You have to change on the inside before change will happen on the outside.
Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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