Rachel Brathen Quotes

Life is made up of a collection of moments that are not ours to keep. The pain we encounter throughout our days spent on this earth comes from the illusion that some moments can be held onto. Clinging to people and experiences that were never ours in the first place is what causes us to miss out on the beauty of the miracle that is the now. All of this is yours, yet none of it is. How could it be? Look around you. Everything is fleeting. To love and let go, love and let go, love and let go...it's the single most important thing we can learn in this lifetime.

We are all in charge of our own happiness. Life does not happen to us, it happens for us!

Trust that life will always, always, take you where you're supposed to be.

Balance is key. In everything you do. Dance all night long and practice yoga the next day. Drink wine but don’t forget your green juice. Eat chocolate when your heart wants it and kale salad when your body needs it. Wear high heels on Saturday and walk barefoot on Sunday. Go shopping at the mall and then sit down and meditate in your bedroom. Live high and low. Move and stay still. Embrace all sides of who you are and live your authentic truth! Be brave and bold and spontaneous and loud and let that complement your abilities to find silence and patience and modesty and peace. Aim for balance. Make your own rules and don’t let anybody tell you how to live according to theirs.

Balance comes from slowing down, from taking deep breaths, from understanding your body and what it needs. It comes from accepting who you are and loving yourself every step of the way.

The yoga pose is not the goal. Becoming flexible is not the goal. Standing on your hands is not the goal. The goal is serenity. Balance. Truly finding peace in your own skin.

Balance is not something that shows up one day and is suddenly here to stay; it’s the result of creating moments of mindfulness and gratitude throughout our day. That’s why it’s called a practice—it never ends.

You will always be okay! Money and material things come to you when you dare to trust in life’s ability to take you exactly where you need to go. When we live in fear we create tense vibrations that keep the things we long for at a distance. Worrying is praying for what we don’t want to happen. Focus on what you want, not what you fear!

Gather the scattered fragments of your broken heart. Pick them up off the floor and weave them into the tapestry of your life so that when you find the light again-and you will- you'll remember that love can only be lost because it was once found. You are healing and you are growing and everything you are is good enough.

Aim for balance. Make your own rules and don’t let others tell you how to live according to theirs. When

Slut fred med det förflutna. Förlika dig med det som har hänt. Det är enda sättet att skapa en lycklig framtid.

Our most profound discoveries are sparked in darkness, if only we allow ourselves to see them. Dark times come to shake things up and give us the opportunity to get back on track.

If you’re ever at a crossroads, ask yourself which choice is more loving. And then go do that.

If you’re ever at a crossroads, ask yourself which choice is more loving. And then go do that. In this situation—what was more loving? Staying behind, or moving forward? I closed my eyes. In my heart I already knew. Forward we go.

What we resist persists. Whether it’s pain, anxiety, fear, loss—whatever emotion you feel—don’t fight it. Experience it. Feel it all. Lean into it. Surrender to it. Breathe into it fully. Open your arms wide and welcome it all. Let go. It will lead you to the light.

(1) You are not your past. You can break the cycle of struggle you were born into. (2) It is safe to love and be loved.

We are born this way, full of light, emanating love. We see it in children; it’s effortless. But somehow we get lost along the way.

I was faced with the disparity between my ability to be present and my mind’s constant attraction to worst-case scenarios.

To love and let go, love and let go, love and let go . . . It’s the single most important thing we can learn in this lifetime.