Other people maay be there to help us, teach us, guide us aolng our path, But the lesson to be learned is always ours.

Today I will not wait for someone to come to my aid. I'm not helpless. Although help may come, I'm my own rescuer. My relationships will dramatically improve when I stop rescuing others and stop expecting others to rescue me.

What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know.

Feel what you feel, know what you know, and set your relatives free to do the same.

According to some Eastern religion, there is a belt that goes across the world, and I've heard that Minnesota is right in the heart of this spiritual-creative belt of energy.

We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt.

Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out -- in us, in someone else, in the Universe.

Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give.

Let your mind and soul be at ease. Don't grasp and grab for the magic and miracles. When you reside in that place of stillness, the joy, miracles, and magic you're seeking will find you.

We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming or cruel when we speak our truths.

Love yourself just as you are.

I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again.

We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.

Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect.

Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves.

Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.

Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.

Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do better, and I will let myself be.

Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.

Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.