Tag: Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

Quotes December 01, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“I have learned that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself every day. Whenever you remember a shortcoming, a flaw, you have to tell yourself, ‘That’s just fine.’ You have to forgive yourself so much until you don’t even see those things anymore. Because that’s what love is like.”
C. JoyBell C.
 
 
 
 
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”
Vince Lombardi
 
 
 
 
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”
Nathaniel Branden
 
 
 
 
“A history of trauma can give you a high tolerance for emotional pain. But just because you can take it doesn’t mean you have to.”
Dr. Thema
 
 
 
 
“Narcissism is voluntary blindness, an agreement not to look beneath the surface.”
Sam Keen
 
 
 
 
“What you resist not only persists but will grow in size.”
Carl Jung
 
 
 
 
“The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.”
Chris Pine
 
 
 
 
“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another… A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”
Amelia Earhart

 
 
 
 

Quotes November 14, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“Cry as often as you need to. It’s the all-purpose healing balm of the soul.”
Karla McLaren, The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You
 
 
 
 
“You owe yourself one hour a day of self-maintenance. It can include reading, writing, yoga, exercise, dancing, meditation, painting, or whatever, but you owe it to yourself. One hour, 1/24 of your day. That is less than 5%. It matters, it really does. Make it count.”
Sarah Brassard
 
 
 
 
“Trauma is not the bad things that happen to you, but what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you.”
Dr. Gabor Maté
 
 
 
 
“Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.”
Alexander the Great
 
 
 
 
“Sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is walk away from the things that no longer serve your growth or well-being.”

“Train your mind and heart to see the good in everything. There is always something to be grateful for.”

“Don’t assume I’m weak because I have panic attacks. You’ll never know the amount of strength it takes to face the world every day.”
Unknown

 
 
 
 

Quotes November 03-04, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

 
 

“When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.”
“Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky, but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable.”
Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
“The solution to every problem is to be found on a level that is slightly, or even greatly, above the conflicting perceptions. As long as you are eye to eye with the difficulty, you will fight the problem rather than resolve it.”
Glenda Green
 
 
 
 
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
 
 
 
 
“Taking time to do nothing often brings everything into perspective.”
Doe Zantamata
 
 
 
 
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
 
 
 
 
“All you’re going to lose is what was built for a person you no longer are.”
“Your anger? It’s telling you where you feel powerless. Your anxiety? It’s telling you that something in your life is off balance. Your fear? It’s telling you what you care about. Your apathy? It’s telling you where you’re overextended and burnt out. Your feelings aren’t random, they are messengers. And if you want to get anywhere, you need to be able to let them speak to you and tell you what you really need.”
Brianna Wiest
 
 
 
 
“Sensitive people should be treasured. They love deeply and think deeply about life. They are loyal, honest, and true. The simple things sometimes mean the most to them. They don’t need to change or harden. Their purity makes them who they are.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 16-17, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
“Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equanimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.”
S.N. Goenka
 
 
 
 
“Feeling safe in someone’s energy is a different kind of intimacy. That feeling of peace and protection is really underrated.”
Vanessa Klas
 
 
 
 
“I am not my thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, and experiences. I am not the content of my life. I am Life. I am the space in which all things happen. I am consciousness. I am the Now. I Am.”
Eckhart Tolle
 
 
 
 
“Perfectionism is the exhausting state of pretending to know it all and have it all together, all the time. I’d rather be a happy mess than an anxious stress case who’s always trying to hide my flaws and mistakes.”
Lori Deschene
 
 
 
 
“Don’t be afraid to start over. This time you’re not starting from scratch, you’re starting from experience.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 29-30, October 01-03, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“If you don’t give your mind and body a break, you’ll break. Stop pushing yourself through pain and exhaustion and take care of your needs.”
Lori Deschene
 
 
 
 
“Grief is not something that ever goes away. You just learn to accommodate it so you can move forward in your life and over time it gets less intense, at least most of the time.”
David Baxter
 
 
 
 
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”
Nathaniel Branden
 
 
 
 
“You are not your feelings. You just experience them. Anger, sadness, hate, depression, fear. This is the rain you walk in. But you don’t become the rain. You know the rain will pass. You walk on. And you remember the soft glow of the sun that will come again.”
Matt Haig
 
 
 
 
“Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough.”
Julia Cameron
 
 
 
 
“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.”
Rumi
 
 
 
 
“If nothing changes, nothing changes. If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’re going to keep getting what you’re getting. You want change, make some.”
Courtney C. Stevens
 
 
 
 
“When things change inside of you, things change around you.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“Crying is not a sign of weakness, it’s a courageous expression of emotions that leads to strength.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“You may not be able to control every situation and its outcome, but you can control how you deal with it.”
Unknown

 
 
 
 

Quotes September 09-10, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


Reminder:
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
Theodore Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there.”
Deepak Chopra
 
 
 
 
“Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.
Wayne Dyer
 
 
 
 
“Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experiences.”
Brené Brown, Daring Greatly
 
 
 
 
“Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are toxic to our being simply because their needs and way of existing in the world force us to compromise ourselves and our happiness. They aren’t inherently bad people, but they aren’t the right people for us.”
Daniell Koepke
 
 
 
 
“It feels good to be accepted, loved, and approved of by others, but often the membership fee to belong to that club is far too high of a price to pay.”
Dennis Merritt Jones
 
 
 
 
“If you love yourself, it doesn’t matter if other people don’t like you because you don’t need their approval to feel good about yourself.”
Lori Deschene
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 28, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
“Recovery is all about using our power to change our beliefs that are based on faulty data.”
Kevin McCormick
 
 
 
 
“When we are aware of our weaknesses or negative tendencies, we open the opportunity to work on them.”
Allan Looks
 
 
 
 
“It’s not the power of one that changes things; it’s the power of ONE ANOTHER that moves mountains and moves people.”
Genevieve Piturro
 
 
 
 
“If there is love in your heart, it will guide you through your life. Love has its own intelligence.”
Sadhguru
 
 
 
 
“To think new thoughts, you have to break the bones in your head.”
Jean-Paul Sartre
 
 
 
 
“Ultra independence is a coping mechanism we develop when we’ve learned it’s not safe to trust love or when we are terrified to lose ourselves in another. We aren’t meant to go it alone. We are wounded in relationship and we heal in relationship.”
Rising Woman
 
 
 
 
Notice how I didn’t say “my” anxiety or “my” depression? How I said, “I felt anxious or depressed,” and not “I am anxious or depressed?”
That’s because you and I are NOT the depression or the anxiety. We are the beings experiencing these conditions.
You just have to move forward with loving awareness. And the rest will fall into place.
Moon Merthur
 
 
 
 
“It’s the small habits. How you spend your mornings. How you talk to yourself. What you read and what you watch. Who you share your energy with. Who has access to you. That will change your life.”
Michael Tonge
 
 
 
 
“Whatever you’re feeling, it will eventually pass. You won’t feel sad forever. At some point, you will feel happy again. You won’t feel anxious forever. In time, you will feel calm again. You don’t have to fight your feelings or feel guilty for having them. You just have to accept them and be good to yourself while you ride this out. Resisting your emotions and shaming yourself will only cause you more pain, and you don’t deserve that. You deserve your own love, acceptance, and compassion.”
Lori Deschene
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 14, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.”
Caroline Myss
 
 
 
 
“Celebrate what you want to see more of.”
Tom Peters
 
 
 
 
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything—anger, anxiety, or possessions—we cannot be free.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
 
 
 
 
“Just being there for someone can sometimes bring hope when all seems hopeless.”
Dave G. Llewellyn
 
 
 
 
“Walk away from people who put you down. Walk away from fights that will never be resolved. Walk away from trying to please people who will never see your worth. The more you walk away from things that poison your soul, the healthier you will be.”
Shaista Saba
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 05, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“Rest is not necessarily a cessation of all activity but a means of going inward, going deeper. Rest is what allows us to go beneath the surface, if we make the time for it. Rest gives us the gift of perspective, and rest invites us into new ways of being and showing up in the world.”
Ashely Neese
 
 
 
 
“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.”
Ann Wigmore
 
 
 
 
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu
 
 
 
 
“Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.”
Prentis Hemphill
 
 
 
 
“For a long time, it had seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last, it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
Alfred D. Souza
 
 
 
 
“If you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won’t like you. It may not be easy, but it’s essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs.”
Cheryl Richardson
 
 
 
 
“You are not too old and it is not too late.”

“A lot of what weighs you down isn’t yours to carry.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes July 23, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.”
Elizabeth Gilbert
 
 
 
 
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
Rumi
 
 
 
 
“One of the greatest awakenings comes when you realize that not everybody changes. Some people never change. And that’s their journey. It’s not yours to try to fix for them.”
Unknown
 
 
“Dear self: Don’t get so worked up over things you can’t change or people you can’t change. It’s not worth the anger buildup or the heartache. Control only what you can. Let go. Love me.” Unknown