We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes From Iyanla Vanzant Your greatest adversary is also your greatest teacher. Like it or not, it is the job of certain people to bring out the worst in you. What they trigger is already in you. They are here to reveal the sore, tender wounded places in your heart and mind, and they are providing you with a wonderful and divine opportunity for healing. Iyanla Vanzant healing teacher jobs People have a right to change their minds and it has absolutely nothing to do with you. People change. As people change, their needs change. When people have a need, it is their responsibility to themselves to see their needs are met. And it has absolutely nothing to do with you. Iyanla Vanzant responsibility mind people We set the standard of how we want to be treated. Our relationships are reflections of the relationships we have with ourselves. Iyanla Vanzant positive-thinking reflection want The highest form of praise you can offer to yourself, to God and to the world is to spend time each day expressing gratitude. It says to God that you are aware and appreciative of grace. It says to life that you are acknowledging its awesome presence in you. It says to yourself that you are worth the time it takes to be healed. Time spent in silence, contemplation and gratitude is time spent in devotion to a higher calling and a more loving state of being. Iyanla Vanzant gratitude silence grace The only thing that goes on in your life is what your allow to go on in your life Iyanla Vanzant life-is goes-on Everything happens when it needs to happen; everyone is always where they need to be. You will never miss out on what is meant for you, even if it has to come to you in a roundabout way. Iyanla Vanzant missing way needs When was the last time you thanked you for always being there for you? Self appreciation soothes an aching soul. Iyanla Vanzant soul self appreciation You must earn what you have. Life does not give you anything. You must give in order to get. You must stand up to the very thing that challenges you, look it in the face, get clear about your intention, order your thoughts and your life, and proceed without fear or hesitation. Life is not unfair. Along the way, you will always find bits of information and support to guide you to purpose. Iyanla Vanzant support giving order Self-worth is an understanding on the intellectual level, trusting at the heart level, and accepting at the soul level that you are worthy just because you believe that you are. Your worthiness is proven by your existence. Your breathing. The beating of your heart. Your mere presence is all that is needed to establish your worth. Iyanla Vanzant self-worth heart believe Changing your life does not always mean that you stop doing certain things. It may mean that you start doing certain other things. What you really want to do is nurture the attitude that you are open to learning more about yourself. Accepting more about yourself. This is what will inspire you to do something new. Iyanla Vanzant attitude inspire mean Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction. Iyanla Vanzant begging instruction Many of us have a need to be right. We then set out to make ourselves right by making someone else wrong. We must get right with ourselves. Once we do, we will have so much to do, we will not have time to keep track of who is wrong. Iyanla Vanzant track needs Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren't. Iyanla Vanzant finding-yourself who-i-am inspirational Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing something else, not knowing how to do something or not needing to do something. Iyanla Vanzant knowing somewhere-else clever Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth. Iyanla Vanzant self-worth self-esteem believe When the time comes for you to make a change or to grow, the universe will make you so uncomfortable you will eventually have no choice. Iyanla Vanzant making-changes uncomfortable choices We all want to be liked, loved, or needed. That is fine. What is not fine is what we are willing to do to make sure we are liked, or loved or needed. When we make the needs and wants of others a priority in our lives, we devalue ourselves. Iyanla Vanzant priorities want needs Love people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it. Iyanla Vanzant handle enough people Have you doubted your progress, regretted your choices, put yourself down? Remember that you are doing just fine. Remind yourself right now that no matter what it looks like, you are doing the best you can. And getting better. Encourage yourself, support yourself, and celebrate every little thing about yourself. Iyanla Vanzant get-better support choices You set the standards for how you will be treated. People will treat you the exact way you treat yourself. So be good to you. Take time for yourself. Rest. Play. Shower yourself with affection, support, and gifts. Iyanla Vanzant support play people
