We have bodies. We have personalities. We have histories, stories and experiences. But we are not those things - we are Spirit.
Sonia ChoquetteRead
If you want to reach out for something new, you must first let go of what’s in your hand.
Interpretation
To embrace new opportunities, you need to let go of your current attachments.
This quote emphasizes the idea that in order to pursue new experiences and opportunities, one must be willing to release their hold on existing priorities and possessions. It highlights the importance of letting go of the familiar to make room for the unknown, which can ultimately lead to personal growth and discovery.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
We have bodies. We have personalities. We have histories, stories and experiences. But we are not those things - we are Spirit.
People frustrate us and let us down. Not because we aren't lovable, but because we rely on them to do our job of loving us. We must accept that our lovability and worth doesn't come from others. It comes from within.
Give yourself permission to immediately walk away from anything that gives you bad vibes. there is no need to explain or make sense of it. just trust what you feel.
Only when we accept and forgive all that is or has been the good, the bad, and the ugly of our human lives can we get off the guilt trip and back into the flow. That means we must love our humanness and all of our failings; we must accept, learn from, and yes, even love our mistakes.
You cannot breathe deeply and worry at the same time. Breathe. Let the worry go. Breathe. Allow the love and intuition in.
Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create a ripple effect. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity.
The world fears a new experience more than it fears anything. Because a new experience displaces so many old experiences. . . . The world doesn't fear a new idea. It can pigeon-hole any idea. But it can't pigeon-hole a real new experience.
Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of living in this wondrous age of change and progress.
You cannot easily fit women into a structure that is already coded as male; you have to change the structure.
By nature, men love newfangledness.
We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It's not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves.
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