7. Letting go

Let go of what does not serve your highest good.

Life goes on.
You go on.

I read the following in articles:
- Happiness is a choice. Be good to yourself.
- To "let go" is to fear less and love myself more.

- Listen to your body. Oftentimes, we ignore those signals and choose to follow what everybody else is telling us to do instead.

- "Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, being nothing." ~Aristotle

- What if we let go of our conditions, and just loved and accepted ourselves and others exactly the way we and they are right now?

- Focus inward. It’s important to make a difference in the world. Yes, it’s important to help people, but you have to start with yourself.

- The human spirit has the capacity to overcome almost anything. When we let go of the thought that we can’t heal from something that has deeply wounded us, we open ourselves up to the growth potential this event holds. It might take a lot of time, help from professionals, and deep soulful work on our part. But healing from these types of wounds can be the most transformative and powerful things we do in our lives.

- Letting Go Is a Work in Progress. What do you do when you’re really looking forward to your morning cup of joy and realize you’re out of coffee? Or when a friend cancels a date that you’ve been looking forward to?
- Learning to let go of the things that are not serving you will free up energy and resources and you will begin to reap the benefits of a grateful, joyful life.
- "When you live in harmony with the enduring part of yourself, it will contribute to an overall sense of being indestructible." ~Verse 55

(This is the seventh of the most important lessons I have learned so far.)

6. Self-Compassion / Self-Kindness

Be kind to yourself.
Be affectionate to yourself.
Treat yourself with love.

I love myself unconditionally.

I read the following quote:
"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire Universe, deserve your love and affection."
"Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives."

(This is the sixth of the most important lessons I have learned so far.)

5. Living from Center, not periphery

Live from your center, not your periphery.

I read the following in a book:

A person can live in two ways: she can live from her periphery or she can live from her center.

The moment you have a center, then you have a distance from yourself--you have a distance from your periphery.

The outside world can touch you only on the periphery.

So how to be centered in oneself? Witnessing is the technique.

If you move inward from the surface you go to the center--suddenly, the surface may still be disturbed but you are not disturbed.

So the whole thing is not to fight on the surface, but rather slip into the center.

A whole perception is needed, and that is possible only from the center--because from the center you can look all around in all dimensions, all directions, at the whole periphery of your being.

(This is the fifth of the most important lessons I have learned so far.)

4. Self-Worth

Value yourself.
Know and understand your value, your worth.

I am more valuable than the most precious diamond.
I am more valuable than entire money of the world combined.

I read this quote:
"Your worth is found in God, not the opinions of others."

(This is the fourth of the most important lessons I have learned so far.)

3. Flexibility

All days are not the same.
Some days are sunny. Some days are stormy.
We still must go on.
How? By being flexible.

I read the following lines in a book:

"So what is the palm trees’ secret to staying in one piece? The answer is flexibility. They bend almost down to the ground at times, and it’s that very ability that allows them to remain unbroken."

(This is the third of the most important lessons I have learned so far.)

2. Consistency

It is so important to be consistent in the things that matter the most to you.
(This is the second of the most important lessons I have learned so far.)

1. Healthy Boundaries

It is so important to have healthy boundaries in relationships and work.
Your thoughts and emotions will help you in forming healthy boundaries.
You are worth it.
(This is one of the most important lessons I have learned so far.)