Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

Quote by Alan Cohen

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Our history is not our destiny.

Our history is not our destiny.

If you sense there must be more, there is more.

If you sense there must be more, there is more.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than...

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than...

What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?

What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?

Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows,...

Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows,...

You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who...

You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who...

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't...

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't...

Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself...

Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself...

If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.

If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever...

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever...

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't...

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't...

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more...

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more...

'How can I be more like you?' she asked the guru. 'The best way to...

'How can I be more like you?' she asked the guru. 'The best way to...

You can always tell what you believe by what you are getting.

You can always tell what you believe by what you are getting.

You are doing better than you think you are.

You are doing better than you think you are.

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace...

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace...

The same Source that gave you the idea, will give you the means to see...

The same Source that gave you the idea, will give you the means to see...

You can only see in someone else what you see in yourself.

You can only see in someone else what you see in yourself.