Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement. Susan L. Taylor More Quotes by Susan L. Taylor More Quotes From Susan L. Taylor Women are holding up the world. We're taking care our children and, very often, our parents and sometimes our grandparents. Susan L. Taylor grandparent children world Each moment is magical, precious and complete and will never exist again. We forget that now is the moment we are in, that the next one isn't guaranteed. And if we are blessed with another moment, any joy, creativity or wisdom it brings will ensue from the way we live in the present one. Susan L. Taylor creativity blessed joy When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment. But resentment is corrosive. It doesn't affect the person we feel anger toward, it destroys the host. Susan L. Taylor hurt may memories God makes no mistakes. In all our trials and dramas there are lessons. Life is not a playground but a classroom. Our journey through life provides the course work and the tests needed for our education and development. Susan L. Taylor life-lesson mistake drama See the inevitable changes not as threats but as opportunities that can deepen our understanding and bring us wisdom and growth. Susan L. Taylor growth understanding opportunity Women work overtime, do double triple duty, juggle ten balls at once -- children, careers, husbands, schoolwork, housework, church work, and more work -- and when one of the balls drops, we think something is wrong with us. Susan L. Taylor husband children thinking when asked, most folks will gladly tell us about ourselves, who we are, what we're feeling, and where we should be heading. And if we don't honor ourselves by listening to our lives, we'll believe them. Susan L. Taylor listening feelings believe Imagine how free we would feel and what we could accomplish if we could live without fear. Susan L. Taylor confidence courage fear Self-hate is a form of mental slavery that results in poverty, ignorance, and crime. Susan L. Taylor hate ignorance self I always say that pain is information, that it is not punishment. Susan L. Taylor punishment pain hurt When we turn our backs on feelings we should deal with, they fester and grow and ultimately consume us. Silence is denial. Silence is anxiety. Susan L. Taylor anxiety silence feelings We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. Susan L. Taylor dream time positive The paralyzing effect of fear makes us as helpless as babies and blinds us to the truth that God didn't send us here to be powerless spectators, but to become powerful initiators. We are spiritual beings having an earthly experience, and we have the power to break the cycle of negativity that is fueling a very dangerous world. It's not only possible, it's why we are here. Susan L. Taylor powerful spiritual baby There is a knowingness that is as much a part of us as flesh and blood and bones. It's intuition, the deepest natural knowing. ... Intuition is the voice within forever pressing us to stretch ourselves, to take risks, to keep loving and giving birth to a new self, regardless of circumstances. Susan L. Taylor voice knowing blood It takes a lot of energy to dull the soul and not hear its voice Susan L. Taylor voice energy soul How could I feel so miserable in the midst of such splendor? The question flashed through me all at once, not waiting for words to express it. The answer came more slowly: No one makes you angry. Anger, like love, is something you choose. Stunned, I sat down in the middle of the field I'd been walking through. I knew I needed to look within myself, let go of my anger and have a quiet talk with God. Susan L. Taylor anger letting-go love-is Any joy, creativity or wisdom our next moment brings will ensue from the way we live our present one. Susan L. Taylor creativity live-in-the-moment joy The lessons of the past suggest that racism and resentment against people of color will continue to flourish in America as long as the history that is taught transposes the heroes and the villains. That is the unspoken truth at the heart of the nation's racial divide. Susan L. Taylor hero heart past We mustn't reserve communing with God just for morning and evening prayers, or for weekly worship service, or for when we feel burdened. The goal is to realize that every moment of our lives is a meditation. Allow yourself to marvel at the wonder of God's work all around us. Throughout your day, let the sun, a tree, a piece of fruit remind you that everything you could ever want has been provided and can be found right here on earth. Susan L. Taylor prayer god morning We are here to love, not to judge. I'd been blaming and raging. I certainly wasn't loving my daughter that afternoon as God loves me. God's love doesn't insist on perfection or even good common sense. Why then should I demand more of those I love? With this tiny change in perspective I began to see the need for correction wasn't in my daughter, but in me. Susan L. Taylor common-sense daughter love
