Your divine mate already exists. When you get to the place in yourself that is peaceful divine love, your true mate will be revealed. Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant More Quotes From Iyanla Vanzant When you are not happy where you are, and you are not quite sure if you want to leave or how to leave, you are in the meantime. Its a state of limbo. You are hanging on, ready to let go, afraid to fall, not wanting to hurt yourself, afraid you will hurt someone else. In the meantime, you pray the other person will let go first so that you will not feel guilty. Iyanla Vanzant hurt letting-go fall Don't hold yourself back because you're afraid or because you've been hurt...acknowle dge your fear, accept it, and walk through it with confidence. Iyanla Vanzant been-hurt accepting hurt Your interests will guide you. Give no concern to what they say you cannot do. Be willing to accept the challenge. Take time to retreat to that quiet place within the pit of your soul and unleash your right to decide what is best for you. Iyanla Vanzant soul challenges giving Love is durable. It's like Teflon. ...Trust is like fine china. Secrets destroy trust. Iyanla Vanzant fine-china secret love-is Had I not spent so much time doing something that made me so miserable, I would have never learned how to appreciate doing what brings me joy. Iyanla Vanzant miserable appreciate joy At your worst point, the quickest way to move through it is to be a contribution as opposed to focusing on your problems. If you focus on your problems and keep giving them attention, they're going to grow. If you ignore them and do something else - I don't mean act like they're not here - but do something meaningful, it helps you work through it. Iyanla Vanzant meaningful giving moving The goal isn't to be perfect, but to be authentic! Iyanla Vanzant goal perfect Once we become aware of our issues and challenges, we become accountable to do something about it. Iyanla Vanzant issues challenges Embrace the truth. Speak the truth. Be the truth. When we welcome the truth, we live our lives like it's golden. Iyanla Vanzant welcome golden speak You`re making it about them. This has got about you, because you don`t have peace Iyanla Vanzant true-to-yourself being-true be-true-to-yourself I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed. Iyanla Vanzant encouragement blessed people Talk about your negative experiences with the father, with your girlfriends. Not with your children. And bite your tongue when it comes to diminishing, denying, dismissing, name-calling. Iyanla Vanzant girlfriend father children I had to get really clear about what was meaningful & what wasn't, who I was & who I wasn't & who I wasn't going to be anymore. Iyanla Vanzant get-real clear meaningful It is an honor and a privilege to be of service and support; however, I realize people are not putting their confidence in me. Instead, they are actually learning to trust themselves. My job is to affirm and support them in the process and teach them to do what I do when I need strength: I begin within. Iyanla Vanzant support jobs people You are always being prepared for something better or protected from something worse. Iyanla Vanzant protected prepared something-better When we want to move beyond the pain, when we want to feel better, when we are ready to move beyond where we are, emotionally and spiritually, we must forgive. Iyanla Vanzant pain feel-better moving You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people. But until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed. Iyanla Vanzant old-wounds people past Do what brings you joy, and your purpose will unfold. Iyanla Vanzant purpose joy We have a tendency to always test people's love. 'I want to see how badly I have to behave before you'll leave me. Because I don't really think you want me anyhow.' Iyanla Vanzant want people thinking You know that you've healed an issue when you can talk about it and you're not weeping, when you can speak to it and identify the lesson. You know that you've healed an issue when, having gone through that, has a benefit that you live today. Iyanla Vanzant issues live-for-today gone