Tiny Wisdom: On Seeing
“What we see is mainly what we look for.” -Unknown
Whatever you believe about people and the world, you will likely find proof to support it.
If you look for selfishness, you’ll find it. If you look for animosity you’ll …
Posts by Lori Deschene
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 the upcoming 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.
Tiny Wisdom: On Simple Confidence
“Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.” -Richard Kline
People often think confidence means knowing you can create the outcome you desire. To some extent it does, but this idea isn’t universally true for anyone. No matter how …
Tiny Wisdom: On Creating Happiness
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” -Dalai Lama
I’d be happy if I had a boyfriend. I’d be happy if my boss promoted me. I’d be happy if I had a larger house. It’s …
Tiny Wisdom: On Conflict
“Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict from life, but the ability to cope with it.” -Unknown
There are some days when I want everything to stop.
I want the calls to stop, the emails to stop, the …
Interview and Book Giveaway: And I Shall Have Some Peace There, Margaret Roach
Update: The winners have been chosen! If you didn’t win, you can purchase a copy of And I Shall Have Some Peace There: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road on Amazon.
I recently received a copy …
Tiny Wisdom: On Strength
“Some people think it’s holding that makes one strong—sometimes it’s letting go.” -Unknown
Sometimes admitting that something is over can feel like defeat. After all, we hear a lot of messages that tell us to never give up–to hold on …
Tiny Wisdom: On Getting
“In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.” -Sheldon Kopp
Fear tells us to hold on for dear life or else something bad might happen.
Fear tells us to cling to the …
Tiny Wisdom: On Enjoying the Light
“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” -Morris West
Today I watched Finding Nemo, one of my absolute favorite Disney movies. When Dory and Marlin are searching for his lost son …
Tiny Wisdom: On Turning the Dark into Light
“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.” -Helen Keller
This is the kind of statement that I used to find incredibly annoying. I thought it was an overly simplified way …
Tiny Wisdom: On Moving Forward
“Doing your best means never stop trying.” -Unknown
For years, I stressed over the possibility that my best was not good enough. I realized that I couldn’t possibly do better than my best, but as a type-A overachiever, this logic …
Tiny Wisdom: On Insurmountable Obstacles
“A hard fall means a high bounce…if you’re made of the right material.” -Unknown
I recently saw the movie Soul Surfer about Bethany Hamilton, the professional surfer who lost an arm in a shark attack in 2003 when she was …
Tiny Wisdom: On Being Kind
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” -Plato
Sometimes it can seem like everyone’s out to get you. There’s the person in traffic who refuses to let you into his lane. The customer service representative who …
Tiny Wisdom: On Living
“It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.” -Eckhart Tolle
You might not think to compare beloved children’s writer Dr. Seuss to spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle, but there’s a common message about happiness …
Tiny Wisdom: On Suffering
“It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.” -Pema Chodron
We all have stories we tell ourselves about the events in our lives. Many of them are negative: …
Tiny Wisdom: On Happiness
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ~Gandhi
It’s awfully difficult to be happy when you don’t love or respect yourself, and let’s face it: A big part of self love …
20 Ways to Overcome Doubts
“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.” ~ Pema Chodron
Nine out of ten times when I feel paralyzed, it’s because I doubt myself.
Sometimes I doubt my knowledge—whether …
Tiny Wisdom: On Doubts
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.” -Honore de Balzac
When you think that you don’t know, know that somewhere inside you, you do. When you think you can’t go on, know that you absolutely can …
Tiny Wisdom: On Using Freedom
“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” ~William Faulkner
Let’s face it: In a world where work is a requirement, a lot of us will end up spending at least some time doing …
Tiny Wisdom: On Fear-Based Decisions
“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” ~Marianne Williamson
Sometimes I look at people who appear to be confident, successful, and happy and imagine that they always feel that way—that they never feel insecure …
Tiny Wisdom: On Winning
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” ~Gandhi
When I was younger, I thought of winning in terms of revenge. I thought that if I felt hurt by bullies, they won. Or if I …
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