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.
“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it but to enable it.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
It’s a common misconception that being fully present means not setting goals. After all, if you’re truly connected to the now, you’re …
“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.” ~Buddha
“My brain has been moving slowly all …
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It seems like just yesterday I wrote, “It’s a pretty exciting week in Tiny Buddha world,” before crafting a massive year-in-review post for …
“The next message you need is always right where you are.” -Ram Dass
Everything seems urgent in an always-on world, where we can access each other at any time. When we’re not engaging through emails, @replies, and Skype messages, we …
“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” ~Marianne Williamson
We all have it: a little voice inside that tries to hold us back.
It tells us not to say what …
“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.” -Henry David Thoreau
Yesterday I helped a friend with a project that he’d spent a lot of time, money, and energy planning as a surprise for someone …
“If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.” ~Unknown
This weekend, I devoted an extensive amount of time to writing something I’ve been struggling to complete. I wrote and rewrote …
“The best things in life are unexpected, because there were no expectations.” -Eli Khamarov
There was a time when I hesitated to accept unsolicited offers of support. If someone suggested a way they could help me, I assumed they were …
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“Sometimes we have to go right into …
“The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.” -Pema Chodron
A while back, a reader commented that it’s easy for me to suggest tomorrow is full of possibilities, since I am relatively young. An older …
“Success will never be a big step in the future; success is a small step taken just now.” ~Jonatan Mårtensson
We often talk about releasing the fear of failure to create motivation and momentum, but I’ve found that there’s another …
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” -William James
Last year, someone emailed me Seth Godin’s inspiring blog post You Matter. That one act made a huge difference in my day, so I’d like to …
“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” ~Paul Boese
In a previous post about forgiveness, I mentioned that I spent years holding onto anger toward someone who hurt me repeatedly years ago.
I eventually …
“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.” -Charles de Montesquieu
There is a very specific type of post I look for when reading guest contributions. It’s not expert advice, though clearly it helps …
“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
Many times in life we ask questions of people and then put way too much weight on their answers.
We ask people …
“Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.” ~Epicurus
It’s such a cliche, but true: money cannot buy happiness. It can influence happiness, since it can afford us necessities, a comfortable lifestyle, and opportunities that may increase …
“Change is not a process for the impatient.” -Barbara Reinhold
A while back, a Tiny Buddha contributor commented that she was feeling like a fraud for struggling to take advice she’d offered in an article. I told her I could …
“Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real.” -Unknown
Sometimes we feel certain that we know exactly what we’re seeing. If you’re anything like me, odds are you’ve had plenty of opportunities to recognize your perception is often off.
A friend of mine …
“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope.” -Samuel Johnson
You’ll find lots of inspiring posts that suggest you hold onto hope against all odds and push through difficult times …
“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.” Dwight Eisenhower
The other night, my boyfriend drove me to the airport for a cross-country flight. After he took a wrong turn, we ended up in a mess of traffic …
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