We asked folks to tell us about their favorite quote or affirmation and to tell us what it means to them. We’ve shared some of those responses below.
Beatriz Boas | ThetaBreathwork™ Founder
You have all the answers within yourself. No one knows more than you do. You are the most capable person to tell you your next steps. I know for a fact after working with thousands of clients we all have all the answers within ourselves.
The challenge is that we are so “busy” and so distracted by everything else outside that we forget to connect and deepen our relationship with our most powerful tool as humans: our intuition. Read more>>
Jacqueline Sarabia | Podcaster
“Today I will not stress over things I can’t control” This is my favorite quote because for many years I was affected by many things and when I felt frustrated I felt my stomach boil from the anger I felt. Over time I understood that what was the reason I got angry about things I couldn’t control? That anger only affected my physical and emotional health and little by little I began to recognize and feel my emotions and wonder why I feel the way I do. Just like the inside out movie, it’s impossible to be happy all the time, it’s important to feel our sadness or anger. Read more>>
Jeremiah Gilbert | Travel Writer and Photographer
There’s a famous quote attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Only thing is, he never said or wrote it. The actual quote comes from Muriel Strode, a poet and writer known in her heyday as “the female Walt Whitman.” Sadly, much about her has disappeared from history. Read more>>
Travis Orozco | Film Director, Producer, and Editor
I have two that are impossible to choose between. The first is from the Indian philosopher Osho, ““To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.” The second is from the director Frank Capra. Read more>>
Kristin Powers | Artist and Educator
“It’s not easy to make non-sensical things, because non-sensical things so often turn out to make sense” Marcel Duchamp This particular quote resonates with me as my work centers around communication and the common distortion of understanding between people. Read more>>