People are hurting. People are suffering. But you can not get everywhere. Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes From Iyanla Vanzant You are the light of the world. You are an instrument of the Divine. You are the greatest miracle in the world. Life is graced by your presence. Iyanla Vanzant miraclelightworld I wasn't ready for fame and all that brings to your life. It was an amazing experience, but so overwhelming, because no one can tell you beforehand when it will happen or how it will impact you. So no one can tell you how to handle it, being stopped everywhere you go because people saw you on 'Oprah.' It took me over, and I wasn't ready. Iyanla Vanzant impactsawspeople Everyone is always looking for their beloved. Well, why can't you be your own beloved? Fall in love with yourself. Iyanla Vanzant falling-in-lovehealinglove-you I am just an ordinary person committed to doing extraordinary things. Iyanla Vanzant committedpersonsordinary When we pray, it opens our minds to the divine consciousness of God. Prayer opens your mind to answers that have always been present. Iyanla Vanzant prayeranswersmind Sooner or later, we must all accept the fact that in a relationship, the only person you are dealing with is yourself. Iyanla Vanzant acceptingrelationshipfacts Step into this moment, because it is the only one you have right now. It is not wasted or thrown away. The divine opportunity could be stolen unless you tell yourself it is here right now; available to you this moment, to make of it anything you choose. Why not choose this moment, right now, to be available to yourself by declaring, I AM GOOD! . . . . The richness of the present is here. The fullness of now is present. If you are not here now, it means you could be missing the love, joy, peace and brand-new ideas that are here right now. Iyanla Vanzant opportunitymeanideas When you are in alignment with the desires of your heart, things have a way of working out. Iyanla Vanzant work-outdesireheart Just give yourself permission to tell the truth to yourself. Iyanla Vanzant truth-to-yourselftelling-the-truthgiving You are demonstrating to men that they can come back and get their kids. All of those fatherless sons and daddy-less daughters and the men who didn't know how to go back, you are demonstrating to the world that they can. Iyanla Vanzant daughterkidsson The event is not what you should be working on. You should be working on your response or reaction to an event. You either react to it - that means you become victimized, and you say this thing is happening to you - or you respond to it and say the solution must come through you - that's where you stay focused, not on the rightness, wrongness, fairness of the event, but on the appropriateness of your response. Iyanla Vanzant fairnesseventsmean You cannot experience the fullness of your authentic self or life when you live to avoid hurt. You will never know the joy of love or the peaceful satisfaction of being loved if you hide from hurt. Iyanla Vanzant hurtselfjoy You really have to learn what you're good at and what you're not good at, what you can handle and what you can't handle. We have a tendency to forget it. Iyanla Vanzant forget-ittendenciesforget Forgive everybody for everything. Just forgive and start - most of us can't start with ourselves. We have to forgive the people we think did things to us. So that's fine. Start there - wherever. Start with the dog who peed on the rug. I don't care where you start, just do it. Iyanla Vanzant dogpeoplethinking One way to eliminate self negating thoughts and behavior is by gaining more understanding through realizing that you cannot force others to see that what you feel is real. Iyanla Vanzant understandingrealself If you don't like your sister or don't get along with your father, let's find out if you like yourself. Let's not sugarcoat anything about it. Iyanla Vanzant like-yourselfifsfather I don't think there's such a thing as a selfish prayer. Prayer puts you in communication so you can talk about whatever you want to talk about. Iyanla Vanzant selfishcommunicationprayer You work for God Incorporated. Iyanla Vanzant purpose-of-lifepurpose To me, freedom means having the power, the inherent right, the capacity and the ability to make choices that honour who I am. Iyanla Vanzant freedomwho-i-ammean I think most people think that a spiritual path or growing spiritually means that all of a sudden you'll be able to forecast the six lotto numbers and all your bills will be paid. Iyanla Vanzant spiritualmeanthinking
