Posts by Ann Ruane
Conviction Mantra
When I choose to embrace my convictions, I live from my heart. ~Ann Ruane
Read MoreBlame Q&Q
Reflection Questions How often do you choose understanding over blame, even regrading yourself? How willing are you to open to a new perspective? What prevents you from being able to empathize with another? There is always room to disagree and blame, just as there is always room to take a new perspective and empathize. Understanding…
Read MoreToxic Blame
Even when something is not your fault, toxic blame has no place in your life. Focus on your own empowerment and healing. ― Bryant McGill Mantra: When I choose to open to compassion, I accept choices made by others.
Read MoreLousy Teacher
Blame has no purpose, and it is a lousy teacher. ― John Yokoyama Mantra: When I choose to release blame, I give myself the opportunity to grow.
Read MoreFailure
You can fail many times, but you’re not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else. ― John Burroughs Mantra: When I choose to see failing as a growth opportunity, I learn and grow.
Read MoreBlame
No one is to blame because there is no one other than you. Nothing is to disrespect because there is nothing other than you. ― Amit Ray Mantra: When I choose to see myself fully, I claim accountability for my life.
Read MoreBlaming
It is a very common, ancient, well-perfected device for trying to feel better. Blame others…. Blaming is a way to protect your heart, trying to protect what is soft and open and tender in yourself. ― Pema Chodron Mantra: When I choose to be with the tenderness in my heart, I am free of the…
Read MoreBlame Mantra
When I choose to hold myself accountable, I release blame and grow. ~Ann Ruane
Read MoreHumor Q&Q
Reflection Questions How easily can you laugh at yourself? What makes that easy or challenging for you? What would help you bring more humor into your day? Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in…
Read MoreLaughing
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing. –Allen Klein Mantra: When I choose to open to laughter, I navigate situations with ease.
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