Each day, focus your attention on what you want. Each day, take one step that will bring you closer to it.
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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
Life is a process in which everything that unfolds is meaningful and purposeful. Every feeling has a message and a lesson.
Even when it seems that your life is falling apart, there is divine restoration going on.
All things are possible! The key is to identify what you want, claim it for yourself, and believe that you are worthy to have it.
In all of our relationships, we can only give what we have.
Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth and happiness.
It is not necessary to stop loving people if you don't like them.
Beloveds, the best teacher you will ever have is experience.
Have the courage to be exactly who you are without apology.
Your Self is divine. Your Self is powerful. Your Self can never be altered. This is the truth about yourself.
Every person, situation, circumstances, and experience in your life is a reflection of some aspect of who you believe yourself to be.
The only thing that can diminish your power is your belief that you do not have it. Repeat this to yourself. Every day.
I know there is only one Life, one Power, one Mind, one Spirit of universal intelligence, wisdom, and judgment.
The key to success is not what you do, it is how you feel about what you are doing.
Until and unless you know that you are enough just the way you are, you will continue to look for more.
You don't always have to have something to do. Don't rush. Conserve some of your resources for yourself.
Your reality is what you perceive it to be. Whatever you perceive to be true will become your truth.
It's very discouraging to think/believe that every unpleasant thing that happens in your life is caused by something or someone outside of you. If they caused it to happen then you will have to wait for them to change. If you create it, then you have the power.
Life is a process of giving and receiving. When you give with love or in joy, you must receive in equal measure.
If the love you are offering another is not being welcomed or invited in, back up!