Grace Quotes

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.

It isn’t where you come from. It’s where you’re going that counts.

If you cannot do great things you can do small things in a great way.

Mother Teresa

* Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their sequence to ourselves they find their own order…the

continuous thread of revelation.

Eudora Welty

Anyone who is indifferent to the well-being of other people and to the causes of their future happiness, can only be laying the

ground for their own misfortune.

When you help someone, do not be content with solving their immediate problems by giving money, for example. Give them also

the means to resolve their problems themselves.

Dalai Lama

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.

Where focus goes ~ Energy flows.

When goodness is given, it is likely to be returned.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing the SELF is Enlightenment.

A good intention clothes itself with powder.

With the gift of listing comes the gift of healing.

It is not by your actions that you will be saved, but by your being.

A critic is a legless man who teaches running.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what man does with what happens to him.

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

If you don’t start; it is certain you won’t arrive.

Your imagination is your preview to Life’s coming attractions.

Accepting the Beauty of Our Imperfections

If we indulge in the “comparison crunch” The victim is usually our self-esteem.

There will always be someone smarter, thinner, more creative, prettier, or younger than we are.

We are all filled with holes like a Swiss Cheese, but our inadequacies are in different places.

Being a recovering perfectionist, I have adopted as my motto, the disclaimer often found on clothes made of cotton or raw silk. “This garment is made from 100% natural fibers. Any irregularity or variation is not be considered defective.

Imperfection enhances the “Beauty of the fabric.” What a great way of looking at ourselves!

Our imperfections enhance our beauty. Not that we don’t want to change, grow, or do our best, but by celebrating the fact that we are made from “100% natural fibers”, we create a climate of acceptance in which transformation can take place.

Close your eyes and imagine yourself as unique and priceless tapestry created entirely from natural materials.

Admire your tapestry exactly as it is now.

Your wise subconscious has given you a rich symbol to explore. Write down your feeling’s and thoughts about your tapestry.

Give thanks for its uniqueness, and appreciate it as it is.

I accept myself just as I am now.

I give thanks for myself and my imperfections.

Sue Parron Thoele