I wrap the potential for bitterness, resentment, martyrdom in the blanket of forgiveness and just set it down. Then it just melts in the warmth. And goes away. Mary Anne Radmacher More Quotes by Mary Anne Radmacher More Quotes From Mary Anne Radmacher Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. Mary Anne Radmacher regret yoga appreciation Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days. Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are extending your best effort. Console your bruised and tender spirit with reminders of many other successes. Offer comfort in practical and tangible ways - as if you were encouraging your dearest friend. Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly. Mary Anne Radmacher best-effort eye grace May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility. Mary Anne Radmacher laughter christmas happiness It is of the small joys and little pleasures that the greatest of our days are built. Mary Anne Radmacher greatest-love heartache joy Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities. Mary Anne Radmacher risk adventure life Courage doesn't always roar. Mary Anne Radmacher At first glance it may appear too hard. Look again. Always look again. Mary Anne Radmacher writing may looks Unexpected events can set you back or set you up. It's all a matter of - perspective. Mary Anne Radmacher perspective events matter I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary Mary Anne Radmacher moon adventure travel I recognize the delivery of grace to my day, even if I cannot identify a specific return address. Mary Anne Radmacher addresses return grace When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.' Mary Anne Radmacher stronger circles fun Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. Mary Anne Radmacher journeys-and-paths wellness no-regrets Pick up a stone that feels good to you and is small enough to hold in one hand. Consider how long that stone has been around and what enormous pressure it has experienced. Draw strength from its long history. Mary Anne Radmacher feel-good long hands LOVE LETTERS TO YOURSELF This is taken from a love letter (a gentle reminder) I wrote to myself recently. Live in your joy today. Be authentic. Love yourself. First. Love others from your own abundance. Life Changes. Circumstances change. Sometimes you try to fit your old way of being into new circumstances rather than becoming new yourself. Embrace transformation as an opportunity. And keep on writing love letters to yourself. Mary Anne Radmacher life-changing taken love-you Your responsibility is to be an explorer, not a tourist in this adventure that is your life. Mary Anne Radmacher responsibility adventure life Lean forward into your life... Mary Anne Radmacher changing-your-life flight wind Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine. Mary Anne Radmacher possibility imagine In your days - things like this happen to you... You get a tap, a nudge, a gentle shake, and life whispers to you, "I know you're tired - but I don't want you to miss this." Mary Anne Radmacher frustrated tired missing What power there is in our service when our actions line up with our mission, skills and joy. Mary Anne Radmacher empowerment skills joy Making promises to myself, in my personal writing practice, has been important to me all my life. In practical application it is so much easier for me to make promises to others, and keep them, than it is to make promises to myself. "Why is that?" and the answer I gave myself is that in making promises to others I create a model of accountability and reinforcement. I duplicate that in my writing and have grown increasingly better at making and keeping promises to myself. Mary Anne Radmacher keeping-promises practice writing
