“Its seems to me - it's likely that heaven's here right now. If you could take life with its pain and misery, where you fail and you sometimes win, and if you package it into a game, people would pay a fortune to have this game. And I don't know that I'd want it to be resolved so peacefully that the game would be all over.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantSometimesSeemsWould BePainGamesWinningHeavenPayFailingAtheismRight NowMiseryFortunePositive AtheismPackages Author:Gene Roddenberry
“At times it may seem as though you and your past are one. Sometimes we fail to differentiate between what has happened to us and who we are today. If you have a hard time getting beyond that damaging mind-set let me encourage you right now. You are not your past Although you are changed and shaped by past experiences who you were yesterday does not control the person you have the potential to become tomorrow.” IfsMindMayPersonsDoeSometimesHardSeemsTodayPastFailingHappenedChangedTomorrowRight NowLet MeYesterdayHard TimesWho We AreOur PastYour PastDifferentiateMind SetPast Experiences Book:When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back Source: When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back
“Many of us have spent a lifetime trying to be what we’re not, feeling lousy about ourselves when we fail, and sometimes when we succeed. We hide our differences when, by accepting and celebrating them, we could collaborate to make every effort more exciting, productive enjoyable, and powerful. Personally, I think we should start right now.” ThinkingShouldTryingSometimesFeelingsDifferencesPowerfulEffortAcceptingFailingRight NowSucceedExcitingLifetimeCelebrateProductiveEnjoyable Author:Martha Beck