It's possible to turn even the most upsetting situations into opportunities for growth if you can muster enough willingness, trust, faith, patience and surrender.
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Iyanla Vanzant
Iyanla Vanzant (born Rhonda Eva Harris; September 13, 1953) is an American inspirational speaker, lawyer, New Thought spiritual teacher, author, life coach and television personality. She is known primarily for her books, her eponymous talk show, and her appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She can currently be seen on television as the host of Iyanla: Fix My Life, and as a frequently featured guest teacher of Oprah's Lifeclass on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Vanzant was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 13, 1953, as Rhonda Eva Harris. She was given the title "Iyanla", which means "great mother", after being initiated and ordained as a priestess in the Yoruba tradition (as mentioned in her television interview on the Conn Jackson show). She attended Medgar Evers College and Virginia Union University. Vanzant holds a Juris Doctor degree from the City University of New York School of Law. She currently resides in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She is also an ordained New Thought minister. In 2000, she was named one of the "100 most influential Black Americans" by Ebony magazine, which said that "Her books, lectures and television appearances have made her a multimedia high priestess of healthy relationships." In 2012, Vanzant was listed at #7 on Watkins' Mind Body Spirit magazine list of the 100 most spiritually influential living people." In 2014, she was co-speaker in Oprah's the "Life You Want Weekend" tour, which travelled to eight cities, also featuring Deepak Chopra, Mark Nepo, Elizabeth Gilbert and Rob Bel
Instead of focusing on all the things you believe you are not, devote yourself to acknowledging the good things that you ARE.
The only thing that you need to do to find the love in you is to remember, God's love has brought you this far.
When it is time for us to grow we get restless.
Life is a gift, open it. Life is precious, don't waste it.
When life is ready for us to move forward and we resist, life will move us by any means necessary.
When the time comes for us to let go of the things we know are holding us back, all hell breaks loose.
When you do not keep your agreements then lie to cover them up, you create little messes all over your life.
We have a responsibility to eliminate any and all things that stand between us and the realization of God's vision for our lives.
No matter where I am or what I do, it's impossible for me to be separate from God and for this, I am so very grateful.
Clean up your messes. Examine, acknowledge and clean up the little things that create such a mess in your mind and life.
Do what you love! Do it with passion! If you are never rewarded with money or recognition, you are making a valuable contribution to yourself.
The only relationship we can have is the relationship we have with the 'self.' Everything else is a reflection of that relationship.
Remain open to being guided, supported and protected by the universe. Open your mind and heart to life.
If we do our best in this moment, we have no time to worry about what may come or has gone.
Prosperity is a state of mind. When you can love and give all that you have, you are prosperous.
It is tears that have got us through the darkest days and hardest times. Our tears have brought us to a better understanding of ourselves.
Love is what you have come into life to give. Treat everyone, regardless of who they are, the same way you treat yourself.
Often, when you are on the spiritual path, there is a war that goes on between the person you once were and the person you are becoming.
We must learn to value and honor those blessings we call friends; they are few and far between.