Best 181 quotes of Mary Anne Radmacher on MyQuotes

Have your new year's resolutions been a new beginning for you or have they just been different words on the same old beginning? Maybe now's the time to establish a new pattern of viewing your life fresh.

Healthy choices thread through every aspect of life.

How is it that one rails against that which is nearly a certainty?

I advocate speaking words of love with all the sincerity that can be mustered, as frequently as possible.

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary

I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess that particular perspective. It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses. I will look into that mirror little bits at a time. SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able. This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility.

I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.

I awakened. is that not a wonderful statement?

I confessed recently to an old friend, "I realized I was looking at you, in your visit, through old glasses. Speaking old words. Telling old stories. I realize that in my life I've made so many physical changes and I need to give my spirit time to catch up." Time for my spirit to look at my friend through the new glasses of current life experiences. Old friends are precious. They become even more treasured when they are wrapped in the currentness of life experiences and not relegated to the past in which they once lived.

If being good isn't working - try being outrageous.

If i had known... i would have lingered over my coffee a little longer.

I find motivation and inspiration and hope in information.

If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.

If you follow the trail of your own enthusiastically repeated stories, you will begin to rediscover the things that invigorate and enliven you.

I hear many people talk about their longing for a balanced life. What I think they are really expressing is a desire for a life with less pressure.

I like to talk about a thing I call a "practiced pause." Just a few moments of pausing allows me to consider a circumstance and take stock of what the best direction might be. Reactions tend to rise from habit and unconsidered action. A Response is considered and thoughtful. My actions are my own and I am, singularly, responsible for what I see, say, feel and exert.

In all my ways of seeing - may I use new glasses, a telescope and a microscope. And may I always allow myself to see a circumstance through the tender hearts of my friends.

In all things and in all ways, choice impacts virtually every element of our life. It bears repeating that even those things which seem out of reach of our choice are governed by how we choose to perceive them.

In choosing joy, the finish line dissolves into a different matter altogether.

In my own deepening understanding of myself I find my capacity to serve others is deepened as well. The better I am at self-care the more genuinely nurturing of others I am able to be.

In my prayers I never said I needed a home. I said I wanted a sanctuary.

In service, there is clarity and compassion.

Intentions are a lot like seeds. You shove them into the ground, and every once in awhile, you water them. Largely, the seed does most of the work on its own. If, on one hand, you were digging the seed up several times a day to see what progress was being made, the seed would not take purchase in the soil. On the other hand, if you completely ignored it, giving no water or nourishment to the soil, the seed might not thrive.

In the garden of your days cultivate festivity, play and celebrations.

In the quiet of this day may you know the greatness of your spirit and may your hopes fly on the wings of possibility.

In whose wonder do you get to participate today?

In your days - things like this happen to you... You get a tap, a nudge, a gentle shake, and life whispers to you, "I know you're tired - but I don't want you to miss this.

I offer gentle understanding to myself. I position myself in love, not fear. I look behind me with forgiveness. I look forward with festive anticipation. I embrace this holy moment and assert, "Now. This moment is the moment to love, the moment to serve, the moment to seize the legacy instead of the small. Now. Now I will live large, love boldly, reach to the edges of my unfurled heart and fully enrolled hope.

I recognize the delivery of grace to my day, even if I cannot identify a specific return address.

I recognize this in my writing process. A consistent writing structure opens the door to amazing insights. I recognize the truth of this in my daily habits. When I set my keys in the place I, with practice, always set my keys... I do not lose them. In many instances an ordered external structure can be an invitation for an extraordinarily unfettered, creative and unbounded inner structure.

I rest in the light of forgiveness. I forgive myself and others for that which is done (and better left undone) and also that which is not done (and better if done). I give myself permission to enjoy this moment without guilt. I freely release all uncertainty, regret, and fear.

I take every opportunity to articulate to others the ways that they have blessed and influenced me. I hold sweet memories of making the opportunity to thank teachers who have influenced me. I encourage everyone to seize opportunities to tell people who have made a gift of knowledge or influence.

I think one of the finest gifts I can give my friends in the holiday season is to pause with a long enough quality to actually SEE them. My calm, unhurried presence communicates this gift of a message, "I see you. I recognize you. I remember our times of together and am contributing right now to another quality memory. I value you and honor and take the time, right this moment to pause long enough to truly notice you.

It is a better thing to weigh and measure priorities in the illuminating light of your own mission than to have your activities formed by the impressions and expectations of others.

It is not the easy or convenient life for which I search, but life lived to the edge of all that I may be.

It is (often) the quiet gesture which carries the most significance - the one which suddenly directs the symphony.

It is of the small joys and little pleasures that the greatest of our days are built.

It takes discipline and compassion to awaken the divine in ourselves long enough to recognize the divine in another.

I wake up to profound perspective that allows me to celebrate the choices of my moments, of my life.

I will close my eyes and leap.

I will dance a little. I will move with the wind. I will give my body to my love and celebrate that we have substance beyond the idea of ourselves. We can move. We can touch. This is my physical exclamation point. This is how I can awaken my mind to the possibilities in the day.

I will not be governed by the tyranny of immediacy.

I will reflect the finest qualities my friends offer me and remind them of all the promise I see in them.

I wrap the potential for bitterness, resentment, martyrdom in the blanket of forgiveness and just set it down. Then it just melts in the warmth. And goes away.

Judgment and weariness are foes to service and generosity.

Judgment is discernment on a bad hair day.

Just another cold, misty morning inviting, "want to go again?

Just because it's true, I say as often as I can in as many ways as I can form, "I sure love you.

Just stop it. Seriously. Whatever it is. Just stop it. If only for an hour, a day, a week. Stop doing it long enough to get a glimpse of what the change would actually look like.

Know the best and highest choices for health and more often choose those things.