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The goal isn't to be perfect, but to be authentic!

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
Authentic
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Perfect

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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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Spiritual consciousness does not make your problems go away it does, however, help you view them from a different vantage point.
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So many of us invest a fortune making ourselves look good to the world, yet inside we are falling apart. It's time to invest on the inside.
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Rather than beating yourself up for what you are not doing, appreciate and celebrate the things you are doing. When you shift your focus away from what you do not want, you can create a vision for what you do. Don't fight with yourself - focus on what you do, can do, choose to do, are ready to do.
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You've got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself.
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I realized it was happening, but most people didn't realize it was happening. I mean, because as a self-employed person, when there is a recession or a cutback in the economy, we feel it first. Because many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential.
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You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
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It's about your heart and about your consciousness. It's not about length of time you pray. Some of the most powerful prayers I've ever heard come from children, who can barely speak.
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People may not like what you do, people may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!
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Without the a test you don't have a testimony.
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I was sitting on the bus, and the sign said if you're ready to better your life, come to Medgar Evers College, and I got off the bus and went to Medgar Evers College.
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Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility.
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If you want a real experience of serenity, look for the good. Affirm the good. Acknowledge the good.
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The voice I had accepted as Divine Guidance was actually the voice of my ego leading me right into destruction.
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You know why the road curves as you're driving along? It curves because if God showed us the distance from where we are to where we’re going, we’d think it was too far.
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You cannot experience the fullness of your authentic self or life when you live to avoid hurt. You will never know the joy of love or the peaceful satisfaction of being loved if you hide from hurt.
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Sooner or later, we must all accept the fact that in a relationship, the only person you are dealing with is yourself.
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Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and blessed.
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Our beliefs are what create our experiences. As we change our beliefs, we alter our perception, our version of reality.
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I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.
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