Healing means accepting all parts of ourselves, not just the parts we like, but all of us.
Interpretation
Healing involves embracing every aspect of ourselves, including the parts we may not love.
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance in the healing process. It suggests that true healing requires us to acknowledge and accept both our strengths and our flaws, rather than just focusing on the positive aspects of ourselves. By doing so, we can achieve a more holistic understanding of who we are and foster a deeper sense of self-love and wholeness.
In practice
In a therapy session discussing personal growth and healing.
Be grateful for what you do have, and you will find it increases. I like to bless with love all that is in my life right now-my home, the heat, water, light, telephone, furniture, plumbing, appliances, clothing, transportation, jobs-the money I do have, friends, my ability to see and feel and taste and touch and walk and to enjoy this incredible planet.
Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of gratitude. I now allow this gratitude to fill my heart, my body, my mind, my consciousness, my very being. This gratitude radiates out from me in all directions, touching everything in my world, and returns to me as more to be grateful for. The more gratitude I feel, the more I am aware that the supply is endless.
Be willing to stop punishing yourself for your mistakes. Love yourself for your willingness to learn and grow.
Would you really dig into yesterday's garbage to make tonight's meal? Do you dig into yesterday's mental garbage to create today's experiences?
Don't settle for anybody just to have someone. Set your standards. What kind of love do you want to attract? List the qualities you really want in the relationship. Develop those qualities in yourself and you will attract a person who has them.
You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your own mind.
The ancient Masters didn't try to educate the people, but kindly taught them to not-know. When they think that they know the answers, people are difficult to guide. When they know that they don't know, people can find their own way. If you want to learn how to govern, avoid being clever or rich. The simplest pattern is the clearest. Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature.
It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.
The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case.
Between here and heaven, every minute that the Christian lives will be a minute of grace.
Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.
How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.
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