I hope this is the lesson we women really commit to memory - we learned that it doesn't work to try be someone other than who you really are. Elizabeth Lesser More Quotes by Elizabeth Lesser More Quotes From Elizabeth Lesser I do not wish upon anyone a descent into hell. But if your life has to be turned inside out in order for you to know yourself--if the shadow of a shaman crosses your path and you turn and follow it down--I pray that you use its force wisely. I hope that you take the ultimate responsibility for your actions and that you consecrate any destruction to the rebuilding of your higher self and a more radiant life. Elizabeth Lesser responsibilityselforder There's something in our makeup and in our bodies that really wants to luxuriate more in just the joy of being alive and not always consuming, creating, building. There's something inside of us that wants desperately to stop and experience and just be - not just always do. Elizabeth Lesser makeupcreatingjoy Power is just using energy in a wise way to get things done. Power has been misinterpreted to mean getting my way on the backs of other people. Getting whatever I want, forgetting that there are other beings and species and energies involved. Elizabeth Lesser wisemeanpeople Spirituality is a brave search for the truth about existence, fearlessly peering into the mysterious nature of life. Elizabeth Lesser spiritualitymysteriousbrave Even if your difficult time comes at you out of the blue - like cancer - even those times, opens your heart to the magic and power of life, and gives you this inner commitment to live every moment. Elizabeth Lesser cancerheartcommitment Life actually is this mystery and gift. And every moment of it can be full of real radical joy and wakefulness. And for some reason in our most difficult times, we have the best chance to wake up. Many people will tell you that their divorce or illness or loss of job was the wake up call. Elizabeth Lesser divorcerealjobs Many people don't wake up. They fight against a difficult time, shut the window and become more bitter. Fortunately or unfortunately, however you see it, we are served up those opportunities over and over in our life. So if you've shut the window, don't worry, another hard time is going to come around the corner - to give you that chance all over again. Elizabeth Lesser hard-timesfightingopportunity Сertainly there are people for whom anti-depression medication has allowed them to use difficulty to wake up, and I don't deny that at all, but as usual with us human beings, we've overdone it. We are self-medicating ourselves away from the great awakening moments, and losing our coping skills and losing wake-up calls. Elizabeth Lesser skillsselfpeople I heard the term "mamisma" when describing Speaker of the House [Nancy] Pelosi, how she was speaking from that place which is kind of like a strong mother. Like when your mom says like, "put that down!" you know that is coming from a place of both love and strength. And at this critical stage in human history we need both action and caring. Elizabeth Lesser momstrongmother If you're interested in opening the doors to the heavens, start with the door to your own secret self. See what happens when you offer to another a glimpse of who you truly are. When your heart is undefended, you make it safe for whomever you meet to put down his burden of hiding, and then you both can walk through the open door. Elizabeth Lesser selfheartdoors Sometimes to speak as a woman is to cry, and to speak from our emotional, intuitive knowing, as opposed to graphs and charts and vertical lines. And that's scary - that's scary to do. And the fallout from it can be brutal. Elizabeth Lesser emotionalscaryknowing It is the acceptance of death that has finally allowed me to choose life. Elizabeth Lesser acceptance-of-deathchoose-lifeacceptance The soul is the river of energy that animates who we are. Elizabeth Lesser energysoulrivers If we do not suffer a loss all the way to the end, it will wait for us. It won’t just dissipate and disappear. Rather, it will fester, and we will experience its sorrow later, in stranger forms. Elizabeth Lesser sufferingwaitingloss The world needs women to redefine what it means to be a person of power Elizabeth Lesser meanworldneeds I have noticed if I pull from fear or despair about the state of the world, I get tired, ineffective, afraid and sometimes mean-spirited. Elizabeth Lesser despairtiredmean I pull from a place within me that has ultimate faith in the meaningfulness and beauty of human life. Elizabeth Lesser meaningfulnesshuman-lifehumans One can be a full-fledged Christian and at the same time, enjoy the reality of a universal spiritual truth. Elizabeth Lesser spiritualchristianreality I hope we have learned throughout centuries of revolution and reaction that it's really a shift in consciousness that we need. And I think there is a shift in consciousness among our human species. I think the human species is evolving, spiritually. Elizabeth Lesser revolutionneedsthinking The part of me that is both a spiritual seeker and a social activist meet in this understanding of enlightened power coming from a deep, genuine well within each person. Elizabeth Lesser enlightenedunderstandingspiritual
