Communication is an offering. When you tell someone your truth, you must release your expectation of what the other person should do with it. They may thank you profusely, love you forever, argue with you, or ignore you. It doesn't matter. Of course we hope the gift will be received with appreciation and thanks. But if it isn't we must not dictate. We've done our part, and we must trust the universe to do the rest.
Alan CohenTurmoil is a call for awakening. Every challenge, great or small, is moving you to look deeper and draw forth the highest in you. You're never given a challenge beyond your ability to meet and master. You'll rise above every circumstance because you're greater than any circumstance.
Alan CohenTo change your mind under the direction of the wisdom of the heart is a brush stroke on the masterpiece you are delivering to the world.
Alan CohenDo what is healing to your spirit and without effort you will bring the world healing in return.
Alan CohenAt this moment, life is trying to love you and give to you in a million wonderful ways. When you say Yes, you allow love to flow, which is the greatest gift you can give yourself and the universe . . . What do you want that you could be more open to receiving?
Alan CohenAfter you have made your commitment to say no to what no longer serves you, you will probably be invited to demonstrate that you really mean it.
Alan CohenYour brilliance comes from your spirit. To deny it is arrogance. To accept it is humility.
Alan CohenWhen we make the choice to care, we set into motion a snowball effect that touches many people, most of whom we will never know about . . . never underestimate the importance of a kind act.
Alan CohenThe first step to boosting your income is to identify where your passion lives and to be true to it.
Alan CohenSimply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf.
Alan CohenThe word courage comes from the French word 'coeur', which means heart. True power proceeds not from force, but from love.
Alan CohenIf you gave your inner genius as much credence as your inner critic, you would be light years ahead of where you now stand.
Alan CohenThe more you know your beauty, power, and worth, the less you NEED others to VALIDATE you. The less you know your beauty, power, and worth, the more you NEED others to VALIDATE you. The more you know, the less you NEED.
Alan CohenEnlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand.
Alan CohenJoy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.
Alan CohenA happy ending is always possible if you are willing to keep the story moving to get there.
Alan CohenBuild your world around your dreams rather than trying to fit your dreams into the world you know.
Alan CohenGratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and the more power you have to use it on your behalf. If you do not practice gratefulness, its benefaction will go unnoticed, and your capacity to draw on its gifts will be diminished. To be grateful is to find blessings in everything, This is the most powerful attitude to adopt, for there are blessings in everything.
Alan CohenPeople will pay me to feel the passion and energy I breathe into my career and creations.
Alan CohenToday I set my mind and heart on a new path. I focus my energy on love, appreciation, and my highest possibilities.
Alan CohenMoney is not the root of all evil...ignorance is the root of all evil. People do cruel and foolish things for money because they feel oppressed by a sense of lack. If people knew their power to generate wealth, they would never fight or hurt each other over money.
Alan CohenThe feeling, "this can't be it", is a very powerful form of prayer. It's the agony of the separated self longing for reunion with wholeness. It's the call of your soul urging you to return to your own path and purpose. It's the force of evolution driving you home. Do not try to deny or override your divine discontent. Heed its call. Knowing "this can't be it" implies that somewhere inside you, you DO know what IS it.
Alan CohenYou have the power to take away someone's happiness by refusing to forgive. That someone is you.
Alan CohenOur noblest purpose in life is to remember our spiritual nature in the face of suggestions that we are a material society.
Alan CohenTruly creative people care a little about what they have done, and a lot about what they are doing. Their driving focus is the life force that surges in them now.
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