“Just take a moment to contemplate how amazing the physical womb is. This interdimensional portal is the only place in the world where the alchemy of spirits into human form takes place! If you’re a woman, the gateway of life lies within your physical body!”

— Claire Stone

Your womb is not only the potential birthplace of a child; it is also the energetic birthplace of your creativity and of your self. To heal is to give birth to yourself.

Denise Linn, Secrets & Mysteries: The Glory and Pleasure of Being a Woman

The ego has gotten a bad rap. Contrary to modern Western thinking, it isn’t inherently negative. In fact, without it, our soul could never manifest its consciousness in this world. Furthermore, the ego is the fundamental creative tool of the soul within this dimension. You could think of the soul as the writer of reality, and the ego is the pen that inks the higher self’s energy onto the paper of the world.

Robert Ohotto, Transforming Fate Into Destiny: A New Dialogue with Your Soul

“The only solution is to cultivate a personal reconnection with the divine, a mystical transformation that fills us with unlimited energy and love, extends our perception of beauty, and lifts us into a Higher-Self Awareness.”

— The Celestine Prophecy

… a slight change in your daily habits can guide your life to a very different destination. Making a choice that is 1 percent better or 1 percent worse seems insignificant in the moment, but over the span of moments that make up a lifetime these choices determine the difference between who you are and who you could be. Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.

That said, it doesn’t matter how successful or unsuccessful you are right now. What matters is whether your habits are putting you on the path toward success. You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.

-  James Clear, Atomic Habits

“I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don’t mind the failure but I can’t imagine that I’d forgive myself if I didn’t try.”

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Nikki Giovanni

"What is mastery? At the heart of it, mastery is practice. Mastery is staying on the path."

James Clear

“Your mind is a suggestion engine. Every thought you have is a suggestion, not an order. Sometimes your mind suggests that you are tired, that you should give up, or that you should take an easier path. But if you pause, you can discover new suggestions. For example, that you will feel good once the work is done or that you have the ability to finish things even when you don’t feel like it. Your thoughts are not orders. Merely suggestions. You have the power to choose which option to follow.”

— James Clear

“Your behaviours are usually a reflection of your identity. What you do is an indication of the type of person you believe that you are - either consciously or non consciously. Research has shown that once a person believes in a particular aspect of their identity, they are more likely to act in alignment with that belief. For example, people who identified as “being a voter” were more likely to vote than those who simply claimed “voting” was an action they wanted to perform. Similarly, the person who incorporates exercise into their identity doesn’t have to convince themselves to train. Doing the right thing is easy. After all, when your behaviour and your identity are fully aligned, you are no longer pursuing behaviour change. You are simply acting like the type of person you already believe yourself to be.”

— James Clear, Atomic Habits

“You are only as mentally tough as your life demands you to be. An easy life fashions a mind that can only handle ease. A challenging life builds a mind that can handle a challenge. Like a muscle that atrophies without use, mental strength fades unless it is tested.”

— James Clear 

"Modeling a behavior is stronger than telling someone to act differently. Kids imitate the habits of their parents. Teammates match the competitive energy of one another. Employees learn to manage like their supervisor. Be the standard and others will raise their standards."

James Clear

“Winners and losers have the same goals. Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are the best for making progress”

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Atomic Habits

“Where you spend your attention is where you spend your life.”

— James Clear

“No matter how consistent you are with your habits, it is inevitable that life will interrupt you at some point. Perfection is not possible. […] The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows. Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit. This is a distinguishing feature between winners and losers. Anyone can have a bad performance, a bad workout, or a bad day at work. But when successful people fail, they rebound quickly. The breaking of a habit doesn’t matter if the reclaiming of it is fast. […] Too often, we fall into an all-or-nothing cycle with our habits. The problem is not slipping up; the problem is thinking that if you can’t do something perfectly, then you shouldn’t do it at all.”

— James Clear, Atomic Habits

“Balance is timing, not intensity. It is not doing multiple tasks at 80%, but developing the skill of turning it on and turning it off. Sleep fully, then work intensely. Focus deeply, then relax completely. Give each phase your full attention. Balance is ‘when to’ not 'how to.’”

— James Clear

The “hard” way is rarely harder in terms of daily effort, but it’s harder psychologically.

It requires:

- thinking long-term

- removing limiting beliefs

- recognizing the lure of status and approval

- trusting that small things will lead to big things

It’s a mental battle.

—James Clear

"Patience is a competitive advantage. In a surprising number of fields, you can find success if you are simply willing to do the reasonable thing longer than most people."

James Clear