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Daily Question, April 2

What advice has made a big difference in my life?

  • Malag

    We have the full flavour of all of humanity in us, dark and light. What we do with this is up to us, our choice.

  • Kristi

    Enjoy the little moments, for one day you will look back and they will be the big moments.

  • GratefulOne

    There is something to be learned from every experience : positive or negative.

  • ryanmopo

    Don’t apologize for being yourself.

  • Melissa

    What would love have me do today? My spiritual teacher taught me to say that out loud to myself to start my day.

  • Don Jones

    “Don’t take my word for it. Go experience it for yourself.”

  • Ose

    The quote of Antoine de Saint Exupéry, from: the little prince
    “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Thank you for all your replies to this encouraging and (to me) heart-opening question.

  • Mica

    Reminded by what one of you wrote, I’ve come up with one that works for me now: I’m crossing a bridge; all is foggy and cloudy, so I can see nothing, when suddenly the sky clears and the end of the bridge is in sight. I’ll hold onto that one for now.
    re-membered from “The Hungry Tigress”

  • Mireya

    If it’s meant to be, it’s up to me.
    Since I heard this advice, it has made me more aware that I am in control of my life. The thoughts and actions I take everyday have an impact on my future and only I can impact my future. My happiness, success, and failures are not dependent on anyone else’s decisions but my own.

  • sb

    My Mum passed so much good advice on to me, that I absorbed all the time I was growing up. I guess some of the best was “always see the positive”; “every day is a gift”; “treat others as you would treat yourself”; “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all….” The more I live life, the more I bless and thank her for her wise ways.

  • Palm

    One day at a time

    • Anna

      Dear Palm!
      My father used to say: don’t hurry, there is more time than life!
      Be well my dear friend.

      • Palm

        Anna! Thank you, my friend, for sharing these words from your dear dad, it warms my heart and I really like them!! 💕

  • Linda

    “It is what it is.”
    It really all comes down to this, especially when I am fuming about something. Better to let it go.

  • Elaine

    Bless the largeness in yourself (Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings)

    • Trish

      Hi Elaine. I have so many quotes from The Book of Longings in my spiritual journal. Such a beautiful book!

  • Hot Sauce

    The lazy person works twice as hard.

  • Lauryn

    To think of every interaction with others as a transfer of energy — this is helping me curb my negativity which has been holding me back for awhile now.

  • Toni
    "When people show you who they are, believe them the first time". Maya Angelou I just looked up this quote to make sure I spelt Maya's name right and to make sure it was her quote. I'm so glad I did. I thought it ended at ...."believe them." I never noticed how it really ended.......the first time." I wish I would have payed closer attention. That would have saved me a lot of grief. I hope I won't go unconscious on this lesson again. I have created lots of find sounding stories ...

    “When people show you who they are, believe them the first time”.
    Maya Angelou

    I just looked up this quote to make sure I spelt Maya’s name right and to make sure it was her quote. I’m so glad I did. I thought it ended at ….”believe them.” I never noticed how it really ended…….the first time.”
    I wish I would have payed closer attention. That would have saved me a lot of grief. I hope I won’t go unconscious on this lesson again. I have created lots of find sounding stories in my head and payed the price for not seeing reality when it really mattered most. I used to tell my therapist, “I stayed at the fair too long.” He helped me see I need to trust my gut after years of not being able to do so because I believed many lies for one reason or another. How easy it is to forget the truth. I hope I can heed this lesson now.

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  • Cathie

    The story of the samurai chased by a hungry bear- he comes to a cliff with the bear behind him-he jumps and grabs a branch growing from the side of the cliff. As the bear is swiping down over the cliff to get him, and the branch is giving way, he sees a wild strawberry growing from the side of the cliff. He reaches over, picks the strawberry and delights in its taste.

    • Michele

      I thought it was going to read that he gave the strawberry to the bear …. it leaves you hanging … did the bear get him?

      • Cathie

        I do t know – I think that is the meaning – that it is the moments of now experienced in the journey.
        Your question was the same one I initially asked and only got a smile from my Tai chi teacher?

    • Javier Visionquest

      I love this story, Cathie. It has kept the “tigers” from devouring me on more than a few occasions.

    • Toni

      I love it! And to add, I have heard, or read, there are always strawberries!

  • Ed Schulte

    “When you go to sleep at night………your toes run off and play”

  • Javier Visionquest

    There are no mistakes in life that don’t have something important to teach us. In fact, the only real mistake available to us, at all, is to give up.

    “Don’t fear failure. Fail, fail again, fail more and fail harder for failure is the only genuine route to success”
    — Jay Lake, Author

  • sunnypatti

    The lesson of the pause has been my greatest advice. I don’t recall exactly how it was given to me, but putting the pause to practice has definitely made a big difference. Pausing helps me process situations, people, words, and think before I act or speak myself. And if the situation is sticky, pausing helps me to remember what is important and what’s not, or rather, what do I want to allow to take up real estate in my mind?

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