Tell your story because your story will heal you and it will heal someone else. Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes From Iyanla Vanzant Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone's purpose in life except yours. Iyanla Vanzant purpose doe jobs Spirit is the key to everything we desire. It is our weather-proofing, our Teflon, our line of credit that assures if we just keep putting one foot in front of the other, one day; there will be a miraculous payoff. Iyanla Vanzant keys feet weather As you move through the day, be aware of how you treat yourself. Be aware of what you do to and for yourself, because you set the standard for others. As you grow in your awareness of how you treat yourself, you will probably become aware of the example you have set for others. You may realize that the time has come to set a new example. Iyanla Vanzant example may moving Once you get clear on who you are, what you do, and what you have been CALLED to do, you become powerful. Iyanla Vanzant clear has-beens powerful Anything that threatens, hinders, obstructs, denies, delays your capacity to stand fully up for yourself, within yourself, take it down. Iyanla Vanzant delay deny capacity Have the courage to speak your mind and tell the truth from a position of love rather than anger or fear, being open to accept the views of others without feeling threatened or defeated, relinquishing the ego's need to be in control by demonstrating the willingness to do whatever it takes to establish peace. Iyanla Vanzant speak-your-mind ego views When you need to be loved, you take love wherever you can find it. When you are desperate to be loved, feel love, know love, you seek out what you think love should look like. When you find love, or what you think love is, you will lie, kill, and steal to keep it. But learning about real love comes from within. It cannot be given. It cannot be taken away. It grows from your ability to re-create within yourself, the essence of loving experiences you have had in your life. Iyanla Vanzant real love-you lying Many people want payback and to see others suffer. Forgiveness is the key to freedom. You can choose to be enslaved and burdened or you can choose to be free. It's a choice. Forgiveness is a state of being. So once you do it, it alters who you are and the way you can be in the world. Iyanla Vanzant choices suffering people The process of life is ever unfolding, guiding you, pushing you, preparing you for the next part of the process. Difficult challenges, bad days, upset feelings, moments of confusion are part of life's process. Perhaps these things are there to keep us alert, to make us stronger, or to test our resolve to keep moving forward. Iyanla Vanzant bad-day confusion moving We go into a relationship looking for love, not realizing that we must bring love with us. We must bring a strong sense of self and purpose into a relationship. We must bring a sense of value, of who we are. We must bring an excitement about ourselves, our lives, and the vision we have for these two essential elements. We must bring a respect for wealth and abundance. Having achieved it to some satisfactory degree on our own, we must move into relationships willing to share what we have, rather than being afraid of someone taking it. Iyanla Vanzant strong self moving When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of. Iyanla Vanzant receiving taken giving Without the a test you don't have a testimony. Iyanla Vanzant testimony tests Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self. Iyanla Vanzant compare violence self Staying focused on a project or plan is one of the most difficult challenges we face. There is always the house to clean, calls to make, laundry to fold, deadlines to meet. Actually, there is only one thing that keeps us from our goals - lack of focus. And very often, lack of focus is caused by fear. Iyanla Vanzant focus goal house When a thing has served its purpose, it will go away. Sometimes it will break. At other times, it will simply die off. Then, there are those times when for no reason, it will simply fall apart. If you try to hold on to something that has already fulfilled its purpose in your life, you are going to hurt yourself. If holding on is disturbing your peace of mind, it makes sense to let it go. Iyanla Vanzant hurt mind fall You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle has to be built up to get to a place where you can say, 'I don't care if that's what you want. I don't want that. No.' Iyanla Vanzant care choices want Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on. Iyanla Vanzant letting-go motivational happy-life Forgive yourself for believing that youre anything less than beautiful. Iyanla Vanzant anxiety beautiful believe If you heart had a voice, Beloved, what would it say? Iyanla Vanzant beloved voice heart I am the one I have been looking for. Iyanla Vanzant has-beens
