Now, looking back on my life in Africa, I feel that it might altogether be described as the existence of a person who had come from a rushed and noisy world, into a still country.
The word of God is my vow.
We don't have to be defined by the things we did or didn't do in our past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it's a regret, maybe it's not. It's merely something that happened. Get over it.
Never lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.
When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.
We will not conquer our obstacles by running away from them. Speed does not matter, just that we do not stop.
The key to change is letting go of the fear.
I drove nice cars, I got a nice house. But now I'm steady missing you like a strikeout
It is remarkable how liberating it feels to be able to see that your thoughts are just thoughts and that they are not 'you' or 'reality. ' For instance, if you have the thought that you have to get a certain number of things done today and you don't recognize it as a thought but act as if it's the 'the truth,' then you have created a reality in that moment in which you really believe that those things must all be done today.
Your divine mate already exists. When you get to the place in yourself that is peaceful divine love, your true mate will be revealed.
You make real progress when somebody is honest enough to say something that's really uncomfortable.