You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there. Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes From Iyanla Vanzant A stable and nurturing childhood is essential for the healthy psycho-emotional and spiritual development of a human being. While we may understand what is supposed to happen to us physically, we must begin to better understand what happens to children mentally, emotionally and spiritually as a result of the families into which they are born. Iyanla Vanzant emotional spiritual children I'm really not that fierce. Iyanla Vanzant fierce In all relationships, regardless of their nature, there comes that moment when you understand that there are some things you will never understand. When you are standing in that moment, just be right with it. Iyanla Vanzant that-moment standing moments In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us. Iyanla Vanzant cancer daughter mother Mistakes are lessons that you need to learn! Iyanla Vanzant lessons mistake needs Faith without challenge is nothing. Iyanla Vanzant challenges I came from nothing. I came from the projects and welfare and ended up a millionaire with no frame of reference. I was bound to hit a wall sooner or later. Iyanla Vanzant welfare projects wall The thing I always tell my audiences all the time is that I'm just two steps ahead of you on a good day. And I might be two steps behind you on a bad day. Iyanla Vanzant good-day bad-day two All relationships have the same basic components: people, needs, and expectations. Iyanla Vanzant expectations people needs Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother. Iyanla Vanzant wise mother lying I learned that telling the truth was a big part of loving yourself. Iyanla Vanzant loving-you loving-yourself telling-the-truth I try not to set myself up as different or as a celebrity or special. I have a husband that can get on my nerves. I have kids that test my patience. I've got a cat I can't keep off the sofa. It's real. On a bad day, I'm reading 'Acts of Faith.'. Iyanla Vanzant husband real reading Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility. Iyanla Vanzant nobility block expression My father never kissed me, hugged me or told me that he loved me. As my only living parent, he became the filter through which I saw myself, the possibilities for my life, the world and all men. He was a conflicted and dark filter. Iyanla Vanzant dark men father This is probably one of the most difficult challenges any parent could face - learning to love the other parent enough to make the children first. Iyanla Vanzant parenting challenges children Why are you measuring? This is how you block, delay, hinder, obstruct and deny his place in the life as a father. Iyanla Vanzant parenting block father As we learn to see each other through our spiritual eyes, the physical differences will cease to matter. Iyanla Vanzant differences eye spiritual The way you get more is by having a daily spiritual practice. Iyanla Vanzant practice spiritual inspiring The only relationship we can have in this life is the relationship we have with ourselves. We cannot love anybody more than we love ourselves. We cannot treat anyone any better than we treat ourselves. When you forget you, give up on you, or devalue yourself, anyone coming into your life has a universal responsibility to follow your lead. Iyanla Vanzant giving-up responsibility life-is Your purpose gave birth to you. It has molded and shaped who you are and what you do. Your purpose is the reason you live and breathe. Your purpose guides your heart, hands, and head. It is alive in you. It is there, within, that you must seek to know it and live it. Iyanla Vanzant purpose heart hands
