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I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not. And I came to embrace reality with all my heart. I love the world, without any conditions.

~ Byron Katie Quotes from Loving What Is
Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Katie, Heart, World, Should

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In reality, there is no such thing as a “should” or a “shouldn’t.” These are only thoughts that we impose onto reality. The mind is like a carpenter’s level. When the bubble is off to one side—“It shouldn’t be raining”—we can know that the mind is caught in its thinking. When the bubble is right in the middle—“It’s raining”—we can know that the surface level and the mind is accepting reality as it is. Without the “should” and “shouldn’t,” we can see reality as it is, and this leaves us free to act efficiently, clearly, and sanely. Asking “What’s the reality of it?” can help bring the mind out of its story, back into the real world.

~ Byron Katie Quotes from Loving What Is
Motivational Quotes on: Thoughts, Think, Thinking, Katie, Act, Mind, Skin, Accept, World, Now, Right, Thought, Should

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Every story is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.

~ Byron Katie Quotes from Loving What Is
Inspirational Quotes on: God, Experience, Sin, Katie, Life, Should

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I can find only three kinds of business in the universe: mine, yours and God’s. Much of our stress comes from mentally living out of our business. When I think, “You need to get a job, I want you to be happy, you should be on time, you need to take better care of yourself,” I am in your business. When I’m worried about earthquakes, floods, war, or when I will die, I am in God’s business. If I am mentally in your business or in God’s business, the effect is separation.

~ Byron Katie Quotes from Loving What Is
Famous Quotes on: Business, God, Think, War, Sin, Katie, Stress, Kind, Better, Universe, Time, Should, Will, Effect, Earth, Happy

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The Work reveals that what you think shouldn’t have happened should have happened. It should happened because it did, and no thinking in the world can change it. This doesn’t mean that you condone it or approve of it. It just means that you can see things without resistance and without the confusion of your inner struggle. No one wants their children to get sick, no one wants to be in a car accident; but when these things happen, how can it be helpful to mentally argue with them? We know better than to do that, yet we do it, because we don’t know how to stop.

~ Byron Katie Quotes from Loving What Is
Self-Development Quotes on: Change, Think, Thinking, Struggle, Katie, Stop, Better, Work, Resistance, World, Now, Should, Cause, Children, The Work

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I realized that it’s insane to oppose it. When I argue with reality, I lose—but only 100% of the time. How do I know that the wind should blow? It’s blowing!

~ Byron Katie Quotes from Loving What Is
Motivational Quotes on: Katie, Time, Now, Should, Win

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No one is immune to pain, and it shouldn’t be denied when it exists. The key is to know that you can lead a productive and meaningful life no matter what the external circumstances are. What positive thinking does is offer a power boost to help you handle whatever life throws at you. Your “bad breaks” do not dominate your life; your indomitable strength does. And when you feel that indomitable strength, you really can handle any of your fears from a position of power—the kind of power that really can make good things happen.

~ Susan Jeffers Quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway
Inspirational Quotes on: Fear, Think, Thinking, Kind, Power, Good, Life, Pain, Bad, Strength, Meaningful, Now, Circumstance, Should, Break, Feel, Positive Thinking