Posts by Ann Ruane
Respect Mantra
When I choose to respect myself, I am respectful toward others. ~Ann Ruane
Read MoreMindfulness Q&Q
Reflection Questions What keeps you from looking at yourself honestly? What are you afraid of discovering? Embrace your enoughness and explore. The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.…
Read MoreInfinite Possibility
In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility. ― Victoria Moran Mantra: When I choose to embrace each moment, I open to infinite possibility.
Read MoreMindful
Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen! ― Rumi Mantra: When I choose to go beyond my senses, I feel alive and awake.
Read MoreDarkness
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular. ― C.G. Jung Mantra: When I choose to make the darkness conscious, I am free to live fully.
Read MoreMiracle
Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive. ~Thich Nhat Hahn Mantra: When I choose to be mindful, I touch the miracle of being alive.
Read MoreBefriending
Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience. ~Jon Kabat-Zinn Mantra: When I choose to befriend myself and my experiences, I live in gratitude.
Read MoreMindfulness Mantra
When I choose to live my life mindfully, I celebrate each day. ~Ann Ruane
Read MoreAppreciation Q&Q
Reflection Questions What strength has emerged through a struggle you experienced? How does that strength continue to serve you? What other strengths have emerged through other struggles? I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength. ~gracious quotes.com
Read MoreAppreciated
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. – William Jones Mantra: When I choose to acknowledge my craving for appreciation and offer it to another, we’re all fed.
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