by Merci Gracia | Apr 30, 2012 | Choices, Cooperation, Generous, Giving, Harmony, Kindness, Love
People report that in disasters and difficult circumstance they’re amazed at the lengths to which complete strangers will go to help them. It’s because in extreme circumstances, it’s easy to perceive the humanity of your fellow man. It doesn’t...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 29, 2012 | Awareness, Compassion, Grateful, Judgments, Self-Awareness
Your consciousness is totally unique. You may be highly evolved in certain aspects of your life and less so in others. Be grateful for your level of understanding and compassionate for those who lack it. It opens your heart to remember that every person you meet is at...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 28, 2012 | Awareness, Conscious, Discernment, Fear, Imagine, interpretation, Judgments, Perception
Fight or flight can be an appropriate response to immediate danger. But the mind can trick you into thinking there’s danger when there isn’t (like when you see a snake–but it’s only a rope.) When that happens, the fear impulse can impede your...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 27, 2012 | Compassion, Forgiveness, Judgments, Love, Self-Awareness
The degree to which you dislike someone is an indicator of the degree to which you’re withholding love from yourself. The more you love yourself, the more you look with compassion on the shortcomings of others. However, your judgments do provide you with...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 26, 2012 | Attention, Giving, Imagine, Love
Give yourself the love and acceptance you need and the world will mirror it back to you. When you fill your own cup until it’s overflowing and give from the overflow, you never feel drained. You don’t look for others to reciprocate because you don’t...