• "Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible."

Nancy's comment: I love this! It makes so much sense. When I let go of pain, emotional or physical, I find joy and peace. I feel strong, safe, whole. When I am in the pain, emotional or physical, and don't believe I have any control about it, I can not see my way out to find the joy.

• "Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. True power is within, and it is available to you now."

Nancy's comment: How many times have all of us used our power, with children, with partners, with co-workers, etc. to get what we want? Let go of a hope for outcome, and let your inner self lead you. You are so very strong, where it really matters: in your inner self.

• "The more you are focused on time --past and future--the more you miss the NOW, the most precious thing there is."

Nancy's comment: NOW is absolutely all we have. The past is over and the future will be what it will be. I love my colleague's imagery that most people walk into the future backwards. What we have to do is shut the door, turn around slowly, and walk into the future feeling in the NOW and open the next now, with no expectations to let us slip into pain of loss or disappointment or fear of uncertainty or lack of safety.

from Deepak Chopra, Seven Spiritual Laws of Success:

Law 2
The Law Of Giving:

"The universe operates through dynamic exchange.....giving and receiving are different aspects of the flow of energy of the universe. And in our willingness to give that which we seek, we keep the abundance of the universe circulating in our lives."

Law 4
The Law Of Least Effort:

"Nature's intelligence functions with effortless ease....with carefreeness, harmony, and love. And when we harness the forces of harmony, joy, and love, we create success and good fortune with effortless ease."