Sarah Ban Breathnach Quotes

Spiritual beings do not sweat life's small stuff. They also know that most of what drives us crazy in life is small stuff. The only thing that isn't small stuff is the reason you're on earth in the first place: to find that portion of the world's lost heart that only you can ransom with your love and authentic gifts and then return it, so that all of us can experience Wholeness.

Joy is your birthright.

It's time we put thoughts of lack behind us. It's time for us to discover the secrets of the stars, to sail to an uncharted land, to open up a new heaven where our spirits can soar. But first we'll have to make changes. And lasting change does not happen overnight. Lasting change happens in infinitesimal increments: a day, an hour, a minute, a heartbeat at a time...

Only when the clamor of the outside world is silenced will you be able to hear the deeper vibration. Listen carefully.

Never forget that all you have is all you need.

Self-loathing is the silent hemorrhaging of the soul. You don't feel or see the life force fleeing until it's not longer there, and then, of course, it's too late.

New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.

Many of us squander precious natural resources -time, creative energy, emotion- comparing our talents to those of others. Today ask Spirit to call forth your authentic gifts, so that you might know them, acknowledge them, and own them.

... we can no longer afford to throw away even one 'unimportant' day by not noticing the wonder of it all. We have to be willing to discover and then appreciate the authentic moments of happiness available to all of us every day.

When you learn what you can live without, you are able to ask life for the very best because you possess the gift of discernment. You are able to create an authentic life because you are able to make conscious choices.

That each day that you love, honor, and respect your own unique point of view, you're a step closer to finding a fortune.

To find this greater truth about God, Spirit, and the sacred, we must often set aside the limiting impressions from our childhood. In many instances these images of fear only serve to hold us back in our search for authentic spirituality...Open up your mind and heart to a concept of Spirit who looks out for us, loves us, sheds light on our path, and wants nothing less for us than unconditional happiness.

Many of us have unconsciously erected barriers to protect ourselves from failing or succeeding. We may think we're protecting ourselves by denying our creative impulses, but all we're doing is burying our authentic selves alive.

We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts.

Become abundant with your compliments to others. We're all so fragile, especially when we put on a brave face. A sincere compliment can penetrate beneath even the most sophisticated masks to soothe troubled souls.

Let your heart be awakened to the transforming power of gratefulness.

There are several occasions in the course of any woman's day when, without question, screaming is the appropriate response.

Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.

You develop patience that enables you to wait gracefully and gratefully until the best arrives because you know it will.

Start moving, a step at a time, step after step. The positive momentum will take you from there.

Fortunately for us, life's highway has as many on ramps as it does off ramps.

The biggest surprise on the soulful journey to authenticity, whether as a philosophy or a spiritual path, is that the path is a spiral. We go up, but we go in circles. Eash time around, the view gets a little bit wider.

Success is not just money in the bank but a contented heart and peace of mind.

Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing.

Ironically, gratitude's most powerful mysteries are often revealed when we are struggling in the midst of personal turmoil.

Make peace with the knowledge that you can't have everything you want. Why? Because it's more important for us to get everything we need.

It is difficult to experience moments of happiness if we are not aware of what it is we genuinely love.

Change is the essence of life; change is the great challenge, the great constant. Change is the ultimate teller of tales.

Since the choice of what we curl up with is often crucial for our solace and sanity, we need to learn how to nurture the talent of selection. Book browsing is a meditative art...Books are as essential as breathing.

self-sacrifice is one of a woman's seven deadly sins (along with self-abuse, self-loathing, self-deception, self-pity, self-serving, and self-immolation).

Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.

writing is the most personal form of prayer.

It's a perfect moment to quietly meditate on the cosmic Great Mother who can inspire us all; the divine, feminine Spirit of nurturance known as The Goddess, so revered in ancient times and being rediscovered by women today.

Gradually as you become curator of your own contentment, you will learn to embrace the gentle yearnings of your heart.

I wish I'd known from the beginning that I was born a strong woman. What a difference it would have made! I wish I'd known that I was born a courageous woman; I've spent so much of my life cowering. How many conversations would I not only have started but finished if I had known I possessed a warrior's heart? I wish I'd known that I'd be born to take on the world; I wouldn't have run from it for so long, but run to it with open arms.

I truly believe that regret is the only wound the soul does not recover from, and so I'm trying to live without regrets. ... Each day is another chance to be swept away.

Begin today. Declare out loud to the universe that you are willing to let go of struggle and eager to learn through joy.

Success doesn't have to pull, tug, or chafe if we wear our real size.

Those who live passionately teach us how to love. Those who love passionately teach us how to live.

We can learn to be the catalysts for our own change.

Lavish love on every living being you meet. See how different you feel at the end of the day.

Making it look easy is the hardest thing in the world to do.

Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.

Half-truths are the devil's IOUs.

You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old - whatever "the old" means for you.

Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend.

Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.