Flower vs. Weed

The only difference

between a flower

and a weed

is a judgment.

Unknown

Great Spirits

Great spirits have
always encountered
violent opposition
from mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein

Walking in Another's Shoes

If you want to walk in another's shoes,
you must take yours off first.

Unknown

Primary Cause of Emotional Problems

The primary cause of emotional problems is
people judging other people.

Frank Gruba-McCallister
(former professor/mentor)

Judging vs. Loving

If you judge people,
you have no time
to love them.

Mother Teresa

Knowing Yourself

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment. Lao Tzu

Don't Be Afraid of Mistakes

Friend, don't be a perfectionist. Perfectionism is a curse and a strain. For you tremble lest you miss the bulls-eye. You are perfect if you let be. Friend, don't be afraid of mistakes. Mistakes are not sins. Mistakes are ways of doing something different, perhaps creatively new. Friend, don't be sorry for your mistakes. Be glad for them. You had the courage to give something of yourself. It takes years to be centered; it takes more years to understand and be NOW! Fritz Perls

Loving vs. Holding Back

You never lose by loving.
You always lose by holding back.

Barbara D'Angelis

As We Are

We don't see things as they are,
we see them as we are.

Anaïs Nin

Win or Lose

Win as if you were used to it,
lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Another Step Forward

I am not discouraged,
because every wrong attempt discarded
is another step forward.

Thomas Edison

Gestalt Prayer

I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful.

If not, it can't be helped.

Fritz Perls

Anxiety is the Space

Anxiety is the space between the "now" and the "then." Fritz Perls

Come to Your Senses

Lose your mind and

come to your senses.

Fritz Perls

The Essence of the Creative

The very essence of the creative
is its novelty,
and hence we have no standard
by which to judge it.

Carl Rogers

Curious Paradox

The curious paradox is that when

I accept myself just as I am,

then I can change. 

Carl Rogers

Good Enough

What I am is good enough,

if I would only be it openly. 

Carl Rogers

Watching as It Unfolds

People are just as wonderful
as sunsets if I can let them be.
When I look at a sunset,
I don’t find myself saying,
"Soften the orange a bit
on the right hand corner."
I don’t try to control a sunset.
I watch with awe as it unfolds.

Carl Rogers

The Good Life

The good life is a process,
not a state of being.
It is a direction,
not a destination.

Carl Rogers

Who is Educated

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. Carl Rogers

To Do vs. To Be

When you shorten your to do list,
you lengthen your to be list.

Christine Kloser

Life on a Tightrope

To me it is really is so simple,
that life should be lived on the edge of life.
You have to exercise rebellion.

To refuse to taper yourself to rules;
To refuse your own success;
To refuse to repeat yourself;
To see everyday and every year,
every idea as a true challenger:

And then you're going to live life on a tightrope.

Philippe Petit
"Man on Wire"

Question Marks

It is a healthy thing now and then
to hang a question mark on the things
you have long taken for granted.

Bertrand Russell

Exceptional

The thing that
makes you exceptional,
if you are at all,
is inevitably that
which must also
make you lonely.

Lorraine Hansberry