New Year's resolutions often fail because toxic emotions and experiences from our past can sabotage us or keep us stuck with the same old thoughts, patterns and regrets. Debbie Ford More Quotes by Debbie Ford More Quotes From Debbie Ford People with hearts filled with love, peace, and compassion live in heaven. Debbie Ford compassionheartpeople You can’t just say that you’re committed to creating the best year of your life and expect it to stick. You have to make a conscious effort to allow this commitment to become part of your internal belief system. Debbie Ford best-years-of-your-lifecreatingcommitment Owning our power means claiming the credibility and uniqueness of our own humanity. Debbie Ford credibilityhumanitymean Our difficulties launch us into new states of consciousness where we are inspired to step out of the reality of our smallest thoughts and step into the limitless freedom of our biggest dreams. Debbie Ford womendreamreality Write down the area of your life that most needs your attention right now and then write out all the details you saw of your soul's vision for this part of your life. What will that part of your life look like? How will achieving your goal change your life? How will it change the life of those around you? When you reach your goal, when you fulfill that desire, what will it make room for? Write that all down. Debbie Ford soulgoalwriting Why can't we see everyone and everything as God, as a part of the Divine? It is because we don’t see ourselves this way. Debbie Ford divineway Before you begin your day: Take a moment of silence and meditation, and give yourself permission to have all that you desire. Debbie Ford silencemeditationgiving Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It's an act of faith. It's saying that even though I can't see where this river is flowing, I trust it will take me in the right direction. Debbie Ford surrenderriversgiving Every day, each of us makes a multitude of choices that will impact our lives...the quality of our choices will dictate whether we will struggle in frustration or live an extraordinary life--the life of our dreams. Debbie Ford frustrationstruggledream Now is the time to take back your energy, your power, and your peace. Debbie Ford energy I define God as an energy. A spiritual energy. It has no denomination, it has no judgment, it has an energy that when we're connected to it we know why we're here and what we're here to do. Debbie Ford judgmentenergyspiritual Your life will be transformed when you make peace with your shadow. Debbie Ford making-peacetransformedshadow The mind can't take you where your heart longs to go. Debbie Ford mindheart I have a choice: Do I want to align with the GREATEST VISION OF MYSELF or Do I want to align with my EXCUSES? Debbie Ford visionchoiceswant A courageous warrior knows that she is powerfully sourced by something much greater than herself and that she can release the judgments of others. Debbie Ford courageousjudgmentwarrior In order to access a warrior's courage, we must explore why we are so committed to our story and what we are afraid will happen if we give it up. Debbie Ford warriorgivingorder Unfortunately, unless we're focused on building up our courage, which gives us our self-confidence and all that we need to make quantum change in our lives, the voice of fear will always take the lead inside our minds. Debbie Ford building-upself-confidencevoice You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the world needs. Debbie Ford lightorderneeds What you can't be with, won't let you be. Debbie Ford We've all had at least a fleeting experience of a deep connection with the Divine in a meditation, in a moment of realization, or at a time when we felt blessed by the universe because everything was going our way. When we look through divine eyes, there is no judgment, no need to be righteous or to make ourselves wrong. Debbie Ford eyemeditationblessed