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What I am doing how I am being as I am doing it and does it bring honor to my community? What is the lesson in what I am doing? And most importantly, am I having fun?

Iyanla Vanzant

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Iyanla Vanzant
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 13
Motivational Speaker
Spiritual Teacher
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Rhonda Eva Harris
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Just for today, allow yourself to embrace all that you are every moment. Know that you are a vessel of light. Allow yourself to release all doubts about your ability, the mistakes of the past, the fear of the future.
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Gratitude is like a magnet the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.
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Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility.
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It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.
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Pain is pain, hurt is hurt, fear is fear, anger is anger, and it has no color.
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Create what you want as opposed to being stuck in what you didn't have.
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When you make a decision and a commitment to do something good for yourself, it is like dropping a pebble in a pond. It has a rippling effect. The firmer the decision, the stronger the frequency and wider the range of things that will be reached.
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Spirit is the key to everything we desire. It is our weather-proofing, our Teflon, our line of credit that assures if we just keep putting one foot in front of the other, one day there will be a miraculous payoff.
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If you should encounter angry or unkind actions today, take a deep breath, reach deep within and greet the lack of love with love.
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When your way doesn't work, don't be disheartened. You must be willing to try another way. A closed door doesn't mean you have been cut off permanently. It is a challenge, an obstacle, a tool to be used.
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Accept and acknowledge your own brilliance. Stop waiting for others to tell you how great you are! Believe it for yourself and about yourself.
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Everything God does is purposeful. And since God is in each of us, each of us has a purpose.
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Begin within. If it shows up in your life, it's coming to tell you something about you that you're acting like you don't know. Something about yourself, or your relationship with God.
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Instead of running from what you don't want, walk with commitment toward what you desire. Focus on where you are going rather than being obsessed with where you have been.
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I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace.
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When we pray, it opens our minds to the divine consciousness of God. Prayer opens your mind to answers that have always been present.
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Life doesn't have to be hard, life is on your side.
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Until you are willing to accept total and complete responsibility for every aspect of your life, your life will keep sending you experiences designed to get your attention.
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Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone.
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Everyone has a purpose because God is a purposeful God.
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