Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha. She’s also the author of Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal, Tiny Buddha's Worry Journal, and Tiny Buddha's Inner Strength Journal and co-founder of Recreate Your Life Story, an online course that helps you let go of the past and live a life you love. For daily wisdom, join the Tiny Buddha list here. You can also follow Tiny Buddha on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
“Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be happy the thorn bush has roses.” -Proverb
I once read that people who journal to identify lessons from painful situations generally move on more quickly and easily than …
“It is not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” -Unknown
Have you ever felt a strong instinct to say no to something—but then said yes anyway? I did this a few months back, when someone …
“If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year.” -Thomas Dreier
Have you ever formed an insight about yourself that seems completely obvious in retrospect? I had one of those realizations not too …
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Have you ever wondered how authors …
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” ~Henri Nouwen
The other day I saw the movie Moneyball after originally deciding it wasn’t for me. I did the same thing …
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow. It only saps today of its joy.” -Leo Buscaglia
A friend of mine got engaged this September. Previously, she and her fiance agreed that they both did not want children. But recently she’s …
“Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
“The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.” -Helen Keller
There’s a child wailing five feet away from where I’m sitting in the Farmer’s Market at The Grove. This is my least favorite sound in …
“A person’s world is only as big as their heart.” -Tanya A. Moore
Last week, I wrote about John Robbins, who presented at Bonfire Heights. He and his son Ocean shared a number of stores about loving fully …
“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.” ~Proverb
Sometimes it can be challenging to operate with complete integrity in business—particularly because bigger and faster …
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it” -David Starr Jordan
Have you ever felt so frustrated with your inability to do something that you committed to doing nothing …
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Several years ago, when I lived in New York City, I developed a love for yoga that started in a studio previously owned …
“A hero is a man who does what he can.” -Romain Rolland
Two weeks ago, a group of brave bystanders in Utah banded together to lift a burning car and save a man trapped beneath it.
In 2009, a passenger …
“The most important thing in this world is to learn to give out love, and let it come in.” -Morrie Schwartz
There are some people we feel we’ll never understand. They make choices we’d never make, they don’t understand why …
“Stay committed in your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” ~Tom Robbins
This is the post that almost wasn’t—and it’s chock full of irony.
This weekend I spoke at the first annual Bonfire Heights retreat.
The founder, Darius, promoted …
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” -Hermann Hesse
Before I started this site, I had a different blog where I frequently posted uplifting videos. I quickly …
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” -Elbert Hubbard
The other day I read that most of our fears can be boiled down to a fear of inadequacy, and, consequently, …
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As you can likely tell from the number of author interviews/giveaways I’ve posted during these …
“To be alive is to totally and openly participate in the simplicity and elegance of here and now.” -Donald Altman
We can find reasons to smile, if we look for the good in the now.
We can silence the thoughts …
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” -Albert Schweitzer
Last week, I was part of the studio audience for a taping of the …
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