If we practice religion properly, or genuinely, our religion is not something outside but in our hearts. The essence of any religion is good heart. Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion. This is my religion. Complicated philosophy, this and that, sometimes create more trouble and problems. If these sophisticated philosophies are useful for the development of good heart, then good: use them fully. If these complicated philosophies or systems become an obstacle to a good heart then better to leave them. This is what I feel.  ~Dalai Lama

The person in life that you will always be with the most, is yourself. Because even when you are with others, you are still with yourself, too! When you wake up in the morning, you are with yourself, laying in bed at night you are with yourself, walking down the street in the sunlight you are with yourself. What kind of person do you want to walk down the street with? What kind of person do you want to wake up in the morning with? What kind of person do you want to see at the end of the day before you fall asleep? Because that person is yourself, and it’s your responsibility to be that person you want to be with. I know I want to spend my life with a person who knows how to let things go, who’s not full of hate, who’s able to smile and be carefree. So that’s who I have to be.

― C. JoyBell C.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don’t try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you.
They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.

― C. JoyBell C.

If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never
hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved
upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want
to forget, you cannot hate. ― C. JoyBell C.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve.
Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray
when the sun shines. – Leroy Satchel Paige

Don't be afraid of your fears.
They're not there to scare you.
They're there to let you know that
something is worth it.

― C. JoyBell C.

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One thing we can do is, we can practice forgiveness, and underlying forgiveness is the ability to distinguish between the individual and the act. Spirituality is like a medicine. To heal the illness, it is not sufficient to look at the medicine and talk about it. You have to ingest it.

When you encounter some problems, if you point your finger at yourself and not at others, this gives you control over yourself and calmness in a situation, where otherwise self-control becomes problematic.  ~Dalai Lama

Faith brings two people together and it is loves job to keep them
together. If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love,
you have to find the courage to live it. ~Author Unknown

Don’t mix bad words with your bad mood. You’ll have many opportunities 
to change a mood, but you’ll never get the opportunity to replace 
the words you spoke. ~Nishan Panwar