The depth of the ocean is calm, but on the surface, there are always waves. If you dive deep in your life, your life can be bliss. Agapi Stassinopoulos More Quotes by Agapi Stassinopoulos More Quotes From Agapi Stassinopoulos Unbinding the Heart really means to bring awareness to those areas we have restricted in our hearts and start to let go, open up, and practice staying open no matter what happens or doesn't happen. Agapi Stassinopoulos letting-go heart mean We start to feel not good enough and we withdraw our hearts energy and sensor our authentic expression, and that hurts! Agapi Stassinopoulos expression hurt heart When I'm in a state of goodness about the world, no matter what is happening, I see that goodness. But if I'm in an irritable, angry, separate state, I've shut down. Agapi Stassinopoulos goodness matter world There is a spirit, an energy, that works with us. We've all felt it at some point in our lives. Agapi Stassinopoulos felt energy spirit I urge people to be a scientist about what they want and ask themselves why they want it so badly. Perhaps they are chasing an illusory dream. But if you want to learn, to expand, to be of service, you will find a way. Agapi Stassinopoulos dream want people Maybe your path is completely different from what you imagined. Agapi Stassinopoulos different path In my own life, there were many things that didn't happen for me in the outside world, but that gave me an opportunity to look inside to find my spirit, my courage, my confidence and ultimately, to find my heart. When I found those things, I felt liberated. I found resilience of spirit, realized I had much to offer and gained abundance. Agapi Stassinopoulos resilience heart opportunity One of the things I tell young people - and older people too - is that when things don't happen that you want, don't drown in discouragement. We say, "Oh, this didn't happen, so nothing good will happen." Don't barricade yourself. Agapi Stassinopoulos discouragement want people You wake in the morning and proclaim yourself to be the bearer of goodness. "I will bring good. I will attract good. I will create good. Good things happen to me, and my life is good." You start to move into the track of goodness, and that becomes a place of abundance, a place of rest, a place of relaxation, and a place of trust. Agapi Stassinopoulos life-is-good morning moving How many times have you prayed or asked or said you needed help, when suddenly somebody showed up in your life? We are all connected through our thoughts. Agapi Stassinopoulos needed-help said helping We are not just these three-dimensional bodies walking around. Our unconscious communicates and other people pick it up and they come to our rescue, or a spirit comes to our rescue. Agapi Stassinopoulos three body people You can feel small, insignificant and insubstantial, but knowing the universe is in your tiny body should be enough to make you happy. Agapi Stassinopoulos tiny body knowing What I learned from comparisons and jealousies is that they point to where you haven't filled your cup or owned your gifts. They point to where you are not yet 100% you. We know that when you are fully engaged in doing what you're doing and your heart and creative spirit are involved, you couldn't care less what anybody else is doing. Agapi Stassinopoulos care creative heart Let's say you're auditioning for a part or you're going for a job you really want. You have to go in with a sense of self or you're not going to get the job. You need your ego to get what it is that you want to make things happen in your life. Agapi Stassinopoulos ego self jobs If your own strong ego clashes with other strong egos, you not going to get anywhere. I studied psychology and learned about the many parts of us that we need to integrate so we don't walk around feeling disconnected: personality, soul, ego. If you do feel disconnected, you need to ask which part is feeling that way. Your ego is there to boost you up, if recognized and used correctly. Agapi Stassinopoulos strong soul personality I say to this generation: "We must encourage these kids." Tell them they are wonderful and capable. Be their cheerleader. And when they don't get what they want, say, "Okay, sweetheart, yours is coming. Let's help you get it." Be there 100% for them. Agapi Stassinopoulos generations want kids I see parents who bring their kids down because their parents did that to them, instead of reinforcing their gifts, and instilling a sense of what they came to this earth to do. Agapi Stassinopoulos parent earth kids I'm not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become. Agapi Stassinopoulos happened If we strive for happiness, it's going to be elusive because things constantly happen with human beings that disrupt that happiness. But if you focus on euphoros, the Greek word for "the bearer of goodness," you will be inhabited by the divine source of life. Agapi Stassinopoulos strive focus greek We worry so much in this culture about being happy. The pursuit of happiness is even written in our Constitution. It's an erroneous concept because we are emotional, thinking beings that are constantly affected by a hundred things around us and inside us. Agapi Stassinopoulos pursuit-of-happiness emotional thinking
