I learned a priceless lesson and one that everyone can use today - it's never the amount of money we have or haven't; it's always the amount of fear we have to wrestle with to make it through the day. Sarah Ban Breathnach More Quotes by Sarah Ban Breathnach More Quotes From Sarah Ban Breathnach All of us know about learning life's lessons through pain, struggle, and loss. But few of us realize that it is often the gentlest lessons that teach us most. Serendipity can instruct us as much as sorrow. Sarah Ban Breathnach pain struggle healing The biggest surprise on the soulful journey to authenticity, whether as a philosophy or a spiritual path, is that the path is a spiral. We go up, but we go in circles. Eash time around, the view gets a little bit wider. Sarah Ban Breathnach journey spiritual philosophy It doesn't matter whom you love or where you move from or to, you always take yourself with you. If you don't know who you are, or if you've forgotten or misplaced her, then you'll always feel as if you don't belong. Sarah Ban Breathnach matter forgotten moving Success is not just money in the bank but a contented heart and peace of mind. Sarah Ban Breathnach mind success heart All we need is the awareness of how blessed we really are. Sarah Ban Breathnach awareness blessed needs nothing good ever comes out of denying the truth about our situation. Sarah Ban Breathnach denial situation truth dogs love us unconditionally and cats are big on redemption. Our sins and shortcomings don't bother them as long as we delight in their presence. Sarah Ban Breathnach cat dog long Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth. Sarah Ban Breathnach thankful thank-you appreciation New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change. Sarah Ban Breathnach new-year dream happy Today, and everyday, take as your personal mantra: I am what I am and what I am is wonderful. Sarah Ban Breathnach everyday wonderful today Lavish love on every living being you meet. See how different you feel at the end of the day. Sarah Ban Breathnach the-end-of-the-day different love Before we can change anything in our life, we have to recognize that this is the way it is meant to be right now. For me, acceptance has become what I call the long sigh of the soul. It's the closed eyes in prayer, perhaps even the quiet tears. It's "all right," as in "All right, You lead, I'll follow." And it's "all right" as in "Everything is going to turn out all right." This is simply part of the journey. Sarah Ban Breathnach eye prayer attitude The key to loving how you live is in knowing what it is you truly love. Sarah Ban Breathnach keys knowing When we live our lives authentically, we discover our true place in the world for the first time. Sarah Ban Breathnach first-time world firsts How much time, creative energy, and emotion do we expend resisting change because we assume growth must always be painful? Much personal growth is uncomfortable, but it's worse to thwart the ascent of your authenticity. Sarah Ban Breathnach growth creative inspirational Being Grateful. That is the first step on the path to Joy. Sarah Ban Breathnach grateful path joy As long as you're actively pursuing your dream with a practical plan, you're still achieving, even if it feels as though you're going nowhere fast. Its been my experience that at the very moment I feel like giving up, I'm only one step from a breakthrough. Hang on long enough and circumstances will change, too. Trust in yourself, your dream and spirit. Sarah Ban Breathnach giving-up uplifting dream Too often we elevate the inconsequential into the influential... by reacting without reflecting. Sarah Ban Breathnach reacting influential contemplating Discerning our personal gifts is essential if we are to experience harmony in our lives. Sarah Ban Breathnach discerning harmony essentials An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer. Sarah Ban Breathnach inspirational-life everyday prayer