If you believe that you are one with God, that you co-create whatever comes into your life, and that everything happens for a reason, then it follows that hardships are nothing more than course corrections on your spiritual path.
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
Richard Bach
If you could but look through God’s eyes, you would see God’s fingerprints everywhere and glimpse the beauty and perfection inherent in every trial and tribulation.
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.
Charles C. West
Knowing you will be presented only with obstacles you are capable of handling is immeasurably comforting.
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.
Mother Teresa
You may feel overwhelmed at the time, but everything in your life has led you to that moment, has prepared you for the challenge at hand.
Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.
Corita Kent
Hold on to even a fragment of faith and a sliver of hope, and despair can only nip at your heels.
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle.
Robert Alden
ABOUT PHIL BOLSTA
Phil is the author of Sixty Seconds: One Moment Changes Everything, a collection of 45 inspiring, life-changing stories from prominent people he interviewed, including Joan Borysenko, Deepak Chopra, geneticist Dr. Francis Collins, acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford, Dr. Larry Dossey, Wayne Dyer, Dan Millman, Caroline Myss, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, Dr. Bernie Siegel, James Van Praagh, singer Billy Vera, Doreen Virtue, Neale Donald Walsch, and bassist Victor Wooten.
Here is a three-minute video that introduces you to Phil and his book. Click here to buy Sixty Seconds. Click here to ask Phil to add you to his e-mail list for updates on his blog and books.
Reading this book is like spending a few minutes face to face with each of the contributors and listening to their personal stories. Click here to read unsolicited testimonials from readers. Learn more by visiting the official Sixty Seconds website.
Sixty Seconds was one of three finalists in the General Interest/How-To category at the 12th annual Visionary Awards presented by COVR (Coalition of Visionary Resources) in Denver on June 27, 2009.
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