29 Quotes by Katherine Woodward Thomas

We don’t try to force things to go the way we think they should. We give up trying to fit square pegs into round holes. Instead, we yield ourselves, trusting that, even if we do not like what we hear, we are safe to surrender to the larger context of our lives, trusting ultimately that all is well. Herein lies inner peace.

We must remember that loneliness is not the real enemy – alienation from ourselves is. We are never lonely because we have lost contact with others. We are lonely because we have lost contact with ourselves.

The truth is, we simply cannot continue to invest our energies in our neuroses, our dramas, our resentments, and our fears and think that we are a space for love.

My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon.

Every way that you’ve given away your power, denied your own deeper knowing, put someone else’s feelings and needs before your own, stayed embedded in a victimized story, or settled for less in life – all of it is now up for review. You have nowhere to hide. Life has broken you open and it is violently, mercilessly forcing you to evolve, to develop, and to grow.

Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation for an action, is as important as the action itself. – Marianne Williamson, Healing the Soul.

Don’t let your fear of making a mistake dictate your chances for love. Remind yourself that at least one good thing came out of every mistake you’ve ever made.

For love, by definition, happens when it is safe to be flawed in the presence of another. Think.

Soulful marriages are often odd on the surface. – Thomas Moore.