It is very important to have a vision for yourself, your life, and the world.
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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
We've got nothing but time, and it is on our side. This is why we continue to be provided with the opportunity to repeat and re-create in our lives.
Your purpose is what you are. Your purpose keeps coming back to you. It fills your dreams. Your purpose is what drives you.
My experiences have taught me that service, doing what you love, has rewards that money cannot buy.
Success is a birth process. You must feed it good thoughts. Surround it with a good environment. Nurture and love it.
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.
Are you living your truth? Are you doing what brings you peace and joy? If not, are you really living?
If you don't have time to do the things you love, slow down. There is something that you are missing!
Get clear about what you want, what you are doing, and why you are doing it.
How can we expect life to bless and support when we say one thing, think something else, and feel a completely different way.
What you know in your soul will bring you peace. Be still and know. Be still and listen.
We are blessed with a wonderful gift called intuition. Unfortunately it won't work unless we pay attention to it!
What you FOCUS on grows.
Each day, focus your attention on what you want. Each day, take one step that will bring you closer to it.
When you know where you are going, the universe will clear a path for you.
My experiences have taught me that service, doing what you love, has rewards that money cannot buy.
Keep your purpose in mind, trust the guidance you receive, have faith in your ability and accept all that comes your way.
We must value our ideas, our energy, our time and our life to a degree that we become unwilling to waste who we are.
When life is ready for us to move forward and we resist, life will move us by any means necessary.
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.