Authenticity and Listening

"If I don't know the kind of person I am
and I don't know the kind of person you are
a pattern that others made may prevail in the world
and following the wrong god
home, we may miss our star."

William Stafford

Joy

"Let yourself be silently drawn, by the strongest pull of what you really love."  Rumi

Living Life to the Full

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” ~ Paulo Coelho

Becoming

"People tend to become what they ignore or oppose."  Jung

Negative

"We need a new way of understanding and integrating the negative.   The negative is one of the closest friends of your destiny.   It contains essential energies that you need and that you cannot find elsewhere.   You can only befriend the negative if you recognize that it is not destructive.   It often seems that morality is the enemy of growth."   John O' Donahue

Growth

"It is a great point of growth in your life when you allow what is luminous within to awaken you.   This may be the first time that you actually see yourself as you are.    To begin to get a glimpse of this essence is to come into harmony with your destiny and with the providence that always minds your days and ways the process of self-discovery may involve suffering, doubt, dismay.   But we must not shrink back from the fullness of our being in attempting to reduce the pain."  John O' Donahue

Soul

"Your soul alone knows the geography of your destiny.   Your soul has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side of yourself.   It will teach you a kindness of rhythm in your journey."   John O' Donahue