{"quotes":[{"text":"Shift your attention, and your emotion shifts. Shift your emotion, and your attention shifts.","author":"Frederick Dodson","tags":["attention","attention-and-attitude","emotion","emotional-intelligence","emotions-and-attitude"],"id":5541,"author_id":"Frederick+Dodson"},{"text":"But centuries of time have not made me insensitive.","author":"Christopher Pike","tags":["emotions-and-attitude","feelings","sensitivity","time-and-change"],"id":10120,"author_id":"Christopher+Pike"},{"text":"Situation after situation, shape your attitude! Situation after situation change your character!","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["character","emotions-and-attitude","grow-up"],"id":17290,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"Emotions have immense power. This power can propel you towards your dreams and goals, or sabotage and ruin your life. Choose wisely how to use the power of your emotions.","author":"Stan Jacobs","tags":["dreams","emotions","emotions-and-attitude","goals","power-of-emotions"],"id":34937,"author_id":"Stan+Jacobs"},{"text":"Her voice was loud and cheerful, the way it was when nothing was well and she was determined not to show it.","author":"Stefan Bachmann","tags":["emotions","emotions-and-attitude","mother"],"id":35948,"author_id":"Stefan+Bachmann"},{"text":"Isn’t it funny how we make rational excuses for being out of alignment?\tWe say, “Well, this ____ and that ____ happened, so it makes perfect sense for me to be feeling like this ____ and wanting to do this ____.”\tYet, to this day, I have never met a happy person who adheres to those excuses. In fact, each time I – or anyone else – decide to give in to “rational excuses” that justify feeling bad – it’s interesting that only further suffering is the result.\tThere is never a good enough reason for us to be out of alignment with peace. Sure, we can go there and make choices that dim our lights… and that is fine; there certainly is purpose for it and the contrast gives us lessons to learn… yet if we’re aware of what we are doing and we’re ready to let go of the suffering – then why go there at all? It’s like beating a dead horse. Been there, done that… so why do we keep repeating it?\tPain is going to happen; it’s inevitable in this human experience, yet it is often so brief. When we make those excuses, what happens is: we pick up that pain and begin to carry it with us into the next day… and the next day… into next week… maybe next month… and some of us even carry it for years or to our graves!\tForgive, let it go! It is NOT worth it! It is NEVER worth it. There is never a good enough reason for us to pick up that pain and carry it with us. There is never a good enough reason for us to be out of alignment with peace. Unforgiveness hurts you; it hurts others, so why even go there? Why even promote pain? Why say painful things to yourself or others? Why think pain? Just let it go!\tWhenever I look back on painful things or feel pain today, I know it is my EGO that drives me to “go there.” The EGO likes to have the last word, it likes to feel superior, it likes to make others feel less than in hopes that it will make itself (me) feel better about my insecurities. Maybe if I hurt them enough, they will feel the pain I felt over what they did to me. It’s only fair! It’s never my fault; it’s always someone else’s. There is a twisted sense of pleasure I get from feeling this way, and my EGO eats it right up. YET! With awareness that continues to grow and expand each day, I choose to not feed my pain (EGO) or even go there. I still feel it at times, of course, so I simply acknowledge it and then release it.\tI HAVE power and choice over my speech and actions. I do not need to ever “go there” again. It’s my choice; it’s your choice. So it’s about damn time we start realizing this. We are not victims of our impulses or emotions; we have the power to control them, and so it’s time to stop acting like we don’t. It’s time to relinquish the excuses.","author":"Alaric Hutchinson","tags":["consciousness","ego","emotions-and-attitude","forgive-yourself","forgiveness","growth","happiness","impulse","impulse-control","inner-peace","inspirational","intention","introspection","letting-go","moving-forward","moving-on","pain","power","psychology","releasing-the-past","self-control","self-development","self-discipline","self-improvement","spiritual","wisdom","zen"],"id":39719,"author_id":"Alaric+Hutchinson"},{"text":"Every emotion in the human spectrum is actually a teacher that is here to show us the degree in which we are either resisting life or flowing with life.","author":"Alaric Hutchinson","tags":["consciousness","emotions","emotions-and-attitude","growth","inner-peace","inspirational","learning","life-and-living","life-lessons","love","psychology","resistance-to-change","self-improvement","spiritual","teachings","wisdom","zen"],"id":40186,"author_id":"Alaric+Hutchinson"},{"text":"The river of emotions will almost always over-run the barrage of logic.","author":"Wasif Minhas","tags":["emotions-and-attitude","life-lessons","life"],"id":59356,"author_id":"Wasif+Minhas"},{"text":"Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.","author":"Germany Kent","tags":["attitude-of-gratitude","attitude-of-gratitude-grateful","being-happy","being-positive","being-real","being-realistic","broaden","broaden-horizons","broaden-the-mind","broadening-of-knowledge","broadening-the-mind","broadens","changes","changes-in-life","changes-in-thought","changes-in-your-life","changes-of-our-lives","contentment","emotions","emotions-and-attitude","emotions-and-control","emotions-communication","emotions-control-people","emotions-inspiration","emotions","emotions-that-bind","enough","expressed","germany-kent","germany-kent","germany-kent","grateful","grateful-attitude","grateful-heart","grateful-outlook","grateful","grateful-soul","gratefulness","gratefulness","gratitude","gratitude-attitude","gratitude-happiness-inner-peace","gratitude-is-a-choice","gratitude-life-happiness-success","gratitude","gratitude-works","hope-guru","human","human-being","human-condition","human-development","human-emotions","human-nature","humanity-and-society","living-with-joy","more-than-enough","outlook","outlook-and-attitude","outlook-in-life","peace","peace-of-mind","perspective","perspective-on-life","perspectives","perspectives-on-gratitude","powerful","powerful-people","powerful","powerful-women","powerful-words","the-hope-guru","the-moment"],"id":106197,"author_id":"Germany+Kent"},{"text":"Let today be the day you control your emotions. Don't let them get the best of you. Whatever you are feeling right now should not be overwhelming. Don't allow others to dampen your spirit. You are entitled to enjoy peace.","author":"Amaka Imani Nkosazana","tags":["character","emotions-and-attitude","forgiveness-chance-love-equality","hope","joy","life","life-lessons","love","peace"],"id":129721,"author_id":"Amaka+Imani+Nkosazana"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":35,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}