Women have a remarkable way of helping other women. The wisdom of women can be a life raft when you are in the midst of a transition. When you get together with them, they always tell you how fabulous you are even when you don’t feel fabulous!
— This Is Not the Life I Ordered, by Deborah Collins Stephens, Jackie Speier, Michealene Cristini Risley, and Jan Yanehiro, p. 205
When dreams turn to dust, vacuum.
— This Is Not the Life I Ordered, by Deborah Collins Stephens, Jackie Speier, Michealene Cristini Risley, and Jan Yanehiro, p. 156
We enrich the universe with something far more valuable than money when we contribute love. One act of caring may have more effect, more power than we can realize; here finding entry into a lonely heart, there encouraging and giving hope to a confused mind. The universal love story is written line by line with simple acts of loving people doing a kindness for someone who’s having a hard time.
— Leo Buscaglia, Born for Love
We do know this — any offender who is restored by God’s grace is not simply returned to where he was before it all took place. Through the Lord’s great mercy, guilty sinners can be declared guilt-free and restored to lives of greater fruitfulness than they ever dreamed possible.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Choosing Forgiveness, p. 111
If you’re a child of God, the ordeal you’re undergoing, however wrong or unfair or heartless it may be or may have been, in His providence and skillful hands will be used to take you somewhere good — deeper into His heart, to a place of greater dependence and trust, more perfectly refined into the likeness of Christ.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Choosing Forgiveness, p. 107
Perhaps the greatest relationship failure we can have is invalidating our relationship history or present circumstances by becoming cynical, hopeless, embittered, or ashamed. Our histories aren’t a mistake. Our present circumstances aren’t a mistake. We may have made choices that need correcting. We may want to make new decisions as we grow. We may discover patterns that need unraveling. But we can learn and gain from each relationship we’ve encountered. Our relationships are a reflection of our growth, and often our relationships have contributed to that growth.
— Melody Beattie, Beyond Codependency, p. 148
A sacred choice is an extremely personal decision for each of us. Only you can make that decision. By listening to your spirit, by having a good relationship with God — it’s amazing how much easier this is once you change those tribal beliefs about who God is and what God thinks of you — and by being willing to heal yourself, the choice will be clear. And thanks to the ripple effect, everyone around you will feel your happiness and high vibration. What a wonderful gift to give the world.
— Christel Nani, Sacred Choices, p. 306
There are many ways to be productive, and being happy is one of them.
— Christel Nani, Sacred Choices, p. 287
Trust me when I say, if something raises your vibration, you will know it. If you think you are not sure, it’s because you are afraid to admit that your vibration is lowered by a particular person, activity, or way of life.
It takes great courage to start living vibrationally because it will require you to be rigorously honest about where you are putting your energy in life. And before you start thinking I am condoning a self-centered way of life, consider this: How self-centered do you think you become when you are resentful, angry, and conflicted because you are doing something you don’t want to? Quite a lot.
Living vibrationally doesn’t mean avoiding the things you dislike — it means living in integrity with your spirit.
When you live vibrationally, you can take responsibility for your happiness. If you feel trapped, find and change the tribal belief that is trapping you. If you feel resentful, look at the situation you have chosen in order to remain true to your tribe.
— Christel Nani, Sacred Choices, p. 283-284
Remember that I want you to be wildly happy, incredibly successful, and filled with passion and spontaneity. Listening to your spirit will accomplish all of it. And when your vibrations are good, you are sending out the best possible energy to the rest of the world. The fact is, your good vibrations are healing to others.
— Christel Nani, Sacred Choices, p. 279