“it is my belief that one should learn patience in a foreign land, for I take it that this is the true measure of travel. If one does not suffer some frustration of the ordinary reflexes, how can one be sure one is really traveling?” IfsShouldDoeSufferingBeliefLandTravelOrdinaryFrustrationReflexesForeign Lands Author:Gertrude Diamant
“If your beliefs are stressful and you question them, you come to see that they aren't true - whereas prior to questioning, you absolutely believe them. How can you live in joy when you're believing thoughts that bring on sadness, frustration, anger, alienation, and loneliness?” IfsBelieveJoyBeliefSadnessLonelinessFrustrationQuestioningAlienationStressful Author:Byron Katie
“The kind of hope I'm talking about is the belief that something good will come. That everything you're going through and everything you've gone through will be worth the struggles and frustrations. The kind of hope I'm talking about is a deep belief that the world can be changed, that the impossible is possible.” WorldKindBeliefTalkingStruggleGoneImpossibleChangedFrustrationGood Will Book:My Fight / Your Fight Source: My Fight / Your Fight
“When we're believing, we're not really thinking, because the belief has walls: "This is what I believe." So what I believe is like a box, and we're taking the energy of our thinking and putting into a box of beliefs, pretending that we're thinking. But we're really stifling our own energy. We create these mental stresses and frustrations, because we're blocking our spirit, so to speak.” ThinkingBelieveSpiritBeliefEnergySpeakI BelieveWallStressBoxesBlockFrustrationPretendingStifling Author:John Trudell
“The soul journey inward is when we are invited to cast aside beliefs and behaviors that no longer serve us and release all tendencies toward victimhood, stagnation, passivity, and self-destruction that keep us disempowered or cause frustration and suffering to ourselves and others. This is no easy task, and one in which we can use all the divine support possible to help us on our way. It is a time to pray.” WaySoulSelfHelpingUseSufferingBeliefCausesEasySupportJourneyDivinePrayingBehaviorTasksDestructionCastsTendenciesReleaseFrustrationInwardInvitedSelf DestructionStagnationPassivityVictimhoodEasy Tasks Author:Sonia Choquette