Change the story and you change perception; change perception and you change the world.
Jean HoustonRead
Now is the time when we must renew ourselves and live as if we and all of life is sacred, and as if everything we do makes a difference.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of living in the present and recognizing the value of life and our actions.
Jean Houston's quote serves as a powerful reminder that each moment is an opportunity for renewal and purposeful living. By treating life as sacred and acknowledging that our choices impact the world around us, we cultivate a deeper appreciation for existence and our role within it, inspiring us to act thoughtfully and meaningfully.
In practice
In a motivational speech about living in the moment and making positive contributions.
Change the story and you change perception; change perception and you change the world.
Just as you would not neglect seeds that you planted with hope that they will bear vegetables and fruits and flowers, so must you attend to nourish the garden of your becoming.
You are not a passive observer in the cosmos. The entire universe is expressing itself through you at this very moment.
The tendrils of a new, deeper form of spirituality are growing. It's the greening under the surface crust of consciousness and social paradigm.
Development involves giving up a smaller story in order to wake up to a larger story.
Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring happiness of peace of mind to oneself and automatically create a positive atmosphere.
The gulls who scorn perfection for the sake of travel go nowhere, slowly. Those who put aside travel for the sake of perfection go anywhere, instantly.
Throw away my book: you must understand that it represents only one of a thousand attitudes. You must find your own. If someone else could have done something as well as you, don’t do it. If someone else could have said something as well as you, don’t say it—or written something as well as you, don’t write it. Grow fond only of that which you can find nowhere but in yourself, and create out of yourself, impatiently or patiently, ah! that most irreplaceable of beings.
Sincerity is not a test of truth. We must not make this mistake: He must be right; he's so sincere. Because, it is possible to be sincerely wrong. We can only judge truth by truth and sincerity by sincerity.
When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.
You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer.
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