Bryant on Love & Spirit

John Hope Bryant Spiritual Quote of the Day

"The singular goal of life is to become transparent to God's Will.  To learn to get out of our own way -- every single day. To become reasonably comfortable in our own skin."

John Hope Bryant

 

Spiritual Quote of the Day

"The whole purpose of life is to become transparent to God's will. To become comfortable in one's own skin."

John Hope Bryant

Quote of the Day

"There are no atheist in fox holes."

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

Something to Think About...

" Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is
that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that
most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to
manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's
in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others." ---

As spoken (but not authored by) Nelson Mandela---

A Note From God (By Messenger)

Today I received a message from a friend, whose love-mate was just struggling with not one death of parent, but two. They were very, very close, and obviously, this loss hurt a great deal. Sometimes -- no -- most times, we don't know how to deal with death; we fail to find significant meaning in our lives, and even less in death. As a result, we are overly harsh on ourselves, and even worse on God.

In the end, we can lose hope, and focus on what is really important in our daily lives. Maybe that is why God made sure that we call the "present," a gift. Well, here is a version of what I said to my friend, in hopes that it may also serve as healing for others going through something similar, in a world filled it seems with more information, but less answers...

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love.

So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Don't be afraid that your life will end

Be afraid you never allowed it to begin....

 

The Art of Caring: It All Starts With You

By John Hope Bryant

Written between age 18-20

Through my experiences in life I learned that at any given moment in life, any one you choose to stop and pick, there never seems to be enough (time that is) to allow us to make mistakes, experience and adjust to others, or to readjust to our ever changing and new found selves. There are so many experiences, feelings, hurts, heals and changes in self during a period of growth, that sometimes it hurts to do nothing else but to sit back and reflect for a while. “Concentrate on not concentrating,” as I like to put it. And if we are truly lucky, and if we are willing to learn from our mistakes, our memories of the past will give us some kind of foresight for what’s to come, and insight as to what’s happening and where we are right now in our lives.  This retooling of my thinking process has led me down a path that not only enlightened me, but made me sensitive and aware of the real beauty and value in people, relationships, and myself. In my journey into “the art of caring,” I was forced to confront many things in my life that were not necessarily joyful or admirable. I only hope that in my travels down that path, I have helped, through the reading and comprehension of the following few pages, to smooth out some of the hard and painful bumps for the next person, who dares to also travel.