I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had etched certain Psalms and rote prayers into the fibers of my brain. However, somewhere deep inside of me, I had the secret belief that I did not know how to pray, and that frightened me.
Iyanla VanzantWhen you don't show up as who you are, people fall in love with who you're not. Then when they find out who you are, that's when they leave.
Iyanla VanzantWhen you find yourself in a new situation, everything that requires healing is going to rush to the surface.
Iyanla VanzantEach of us face a moment in our lives called 'the breakdown moment.' This is the time when you must stand toe to toe, eyeball to eyeball, with the very thing you have tried desperately to avoid. In that moment, when there is nothing standing between you and the thing you fear the most, you will be forced to step into your greatness, because that is what life is demanding of you.
Iyanla Vanzant