Soulmate Quotes

"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." ~ Unknown

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

"When we are Authentic, Vulnerable and Grateful we give the best we have to offer others, in turn we will receive the best that others have to give." ~ Chris W Metz

“Suppose you are drinking a cup of tea. When you hold the cup, you may like to breath in, to bring your mind back to your body, and you become fully present. You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea. Only in the awareness of the present, can your hands feel the pleasant warmth of the cup. Only in the present, can you savor the aroma, taste the sweetness, appreciate the delicacy. If you are ruminating about the past, or worrying about the future, you will completely miss the experience of enjoying the cup of tea. You will look down at the cup, and the tea will be gone. Life is like that. If you are not fully present, you will look around and it will be gone. You will have missed the feel, the aroma, the delicacy and beauty of life. It will seem to be speeding past you. The past is finished. Learn to let it go. The future is not even here yet. Plan for it, but do not waste your time worrying about it. Worrying is worthless. When you stop ruminating about what has already happened, when you stop
worrying about what might never happen, then you will be in the present moment. Then you will begin to enjoy the joy in life.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

“Everything our life has been, or will ever be, is a result of how we consciously or unconsciously manage our present moments.”
~ Chris W Metz

"When we are unaware of what we are looking for, we will never appreciate what we find." ~ Chris W Metz

"There is a destiny that belief fulfills." ~ Chris W Metz

“Beliefs are the fields in which the seed of our ideas grow.” ~ Chris W Metz

“We can never know the long term effects of any single act. What may appear as immediate and visual, contains a tail that drags far beyond the body of occurrence. Whether the attributes of good or bad are contained within this tail depends largely on the spirit in which the act was carried out.” ~ Chris W Metz

“At the end of the day and ultimately at the end of my life, what do I myself have but the integrity of the promises I make to myself.” ~ Chris W Metz

“Whenever you desire to have something, you may only possess it momentarily. Only when you decide to be something, does it become a part of you forever.” ~ Chris W Metz

“It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige. Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and human understanding, planted in fertile soil, spring up into deathless friendships, big deeds of worth, and a memory that will not soon fade out. We are all sowers of seeds and let us not forget it!” ~ George Matthew Adams

"People give freely what they sense an abundance of within themselves." ~ Chris W Metz

“The truth can never be certain when one speaks poorly of another. The only certain truth is the poorness of character of those who seek to disparage the character of others.” ~ Chris W Metz

"Children are the uncorrupted saviors of a future human existence. Will you encourage them along to their potential, or corrupt them by teaching them to be like you?" ~ Chris W Metz

“As we venture through this physical life, we continually tend to our garden. We plant things that bring us strength, nourishment and joy. We begin by nurturing our relationships that in turn nourish and feed us. We plant the things that make us feel good about ourselves, nourishing those things we are proud of. Lastly, we cultivate the things we wish to look upon with beauty and satisfaction. Each day we are sowing seeds and providing nutrients in the way of thoughts and action, thereby encouraging their growth. As with any garden, weeds are bound to appear sprouting from anger, hatred, judgment, jealousy, fear and guilt. By holding on to these emotions and recalling the events that led to those feelings, we allow the weeds to take root and eventually take over our life. In this metaphorical garden they cannot be pulled out, instead they must be starved by withholding the thoughts and discontinuing the actions that promoted their growth.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“Weeds grow easily, but flowers need care and nurturing to bloom. Weeds will grow in every garden of dreams. rather than tending to these weeds, take the time to nurture the sweetness of the flowers. Over time they will grow abundant and choke out the weeds. In every moment with every new thought, we are planting seeds of beauty and nurturing them or tending to our weeds. In every thought we are planting or nurturing. The plants which do not receive attention or further thought will die. Those that are nurtured, given attention, and brought into the light, will
eventually grow large and bear the fruit of our nurturing. We are always in a state of creating, of watering, and bringing life to
our thoughts.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“We must create in our consciousness from the standpoint of having the reality we want as already done! Wishing and hoping brings more reality of wishing and hoping. It must be a feeling of already done, along with the feelings associated with this state. A sense of gratitude is the foundation of this state. We cannot just say the words and go through the motions, we have to genuinely feel it inside.  By nature, there is no fooling the
law that makes it possible.” ~ Chris W Metz

“Have the discipline to maintain your inner garden from which all blooms of life spring forth. Be very conscious of the seeds you are planting with your desires, idle thoughts, judgment and fears. they will surely sprout and bring forth experience from the smallest of seeds.” ~ Chris W Metz

Why do we so easily become angry? We do so because we are attached to our view of who we are, to self-importance, to the concept of "I." When the concept of "I” is threatened, “I” very often strikes out in fear, in anger. ~ Unknown

"Love is happy when it is able to give something. The ego is happy when it is able to take something. ~ Osho

“The Ego is incapable of true love. Love to the ego is a ‘giving to get’ philosophy. It is conditional love based upon what the ego receives in return, always keeping score, measuring what is given verses what is received. To give generously without regard to reciprocity is the unconditional love emanating from spirit. This is a love which does not favor or hold bias in the direction of its giving.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“The authenticity of spirit attracts all we desire in life, the projection of our ego pushes it away.” ~ Chris W Metz

Your ego may tell you that you are not enough, your soul will remind you that you are more than enough. ~ Unknown

“The ego maintains a rigid set of conditions for happiness which will never be met.” ~ Chris W Metz

"We spend our lives struggling to build security and comfort for the ego, at the expense of adventure and growth of our soul." ~ Chris W Metz

"Anyone who would promote or incite your, fear, anger, judgment, retribution or hatred is not a friend, but another ego searching for an ally. Side with the ego and you walk into darkness, isolation and fear, separating yourself from others. Listen to spirit and the wisdom of your soul, and you will remember love, compassion, gratitude and peace." ~ Chris W Metz

“You Create your world based on your beliefs, feelings and emotions. You create bad things in your life when you believe in fear. Fear originates with the ego, therefore the ego needs to be relinquished if we wish to have perfect conscious creation.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

"When the ego dominates, we assess where we stand, high or low, in any situation. We subtly put others in their place. Under the influence of grace, this behavior changes, because you genuinely feel no higher and no lower than anyone else. A tremendous relief accompanies this realization. So much energy is wasted protecting our dignity, status, pride and accomplishments." ~ Deepak Chopra

There is no fear in Love; but perfect Love casteth out fear. -John 4:18

“Of all things in life to be afraid of, regret is perhaps the only one of any consequence.” ~ Chris W Metz

"The richness in life comes from the people you treasure." ~ Chris W Metz

"A true friend will never judge or criticize you, they only assist you in seeing the parts of yourself that you alone cannot see." ~ Chris W Metz

"The potential seeds of friendship are planted each time two people meet. They sprout through kindness, respect and authenticity and continue to grow by every loving and considerate gesture through time. Their roots grow wide celebrating each others joys and grow deep in sharing each others vulnerability and pain. Once firmly established and nurtured through time, they are not uprooted easily." ~ Chris W Metz

"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~ Kahlil Gilbran

“Never underestimate a kindness that is done for someone; rarely will we know the effect we can have on another by a compassionate act. In many cases the long term effects are more profound than we could possibly imagine at the time the kindness was extended.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“There is no substitution for the care and love that goes into a gesture…You can’t expect a result that is greater than the effort. This is true in all of life. To think that our gesture or gift will mean something more than the effort we put into it, is to truly deceive ourselves, and yet this is what many of us do in life. We put forth very little effort expecting something more in return. We cannot feign gratitude and thoughtfulness, it is either a genuine feeling or it is a hollow gesture.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“Learn to love without condition. Talk without bad intention. Give without any reason. And most of all, care for people without any expectation.” ~ Unknown

"God is forever expressing love in creation providing inspiration for anyone who wishes to experience it." ~ Chris W Metz

“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.” ~ Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace

“Each experience in the abyss contains the great lessons in life. These can only be appreciated by looking back with gratitude on what we have learned from the experience. We must value these lessons as they renew and deepen our faith, strengthen our relationships and allow us to look upon life and the world with a new perspective. When we reflect on the person we are now we must realize we are the result of our trials and tribulations in life. Our character is not
strengthened because of all the experiences when things were normal and uneventful. We will find our character and who we are as a person came about as a result of our lessons in life. We are forged in our moments of challenge and difficulties. If we feel that our life has been nothing but trials and tribulations then we should rejoice in the bounty of lessons learned so far. However, if we continue to experience the same problems over and over again it means that we have not yet learned and appreciated a particular lesson.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“Let us learn to appreciate fully and often all that we have here and now, lest we will otherwise learn to appreciate it after it’s gone.” ~ Chris W Metz

“When someone fails to count their blessings, counting only the perceived negatives in their life, they rob themselves and others of great joy and contentment with their ungrateful nature.” ~ Chris W Metz

“Life is similar to running a business, if one is only interested in surviving they make no attempt to grow or risk for the sake of growth or a vision. If a person’s vision is to survive, won't that person make choices far different than one who's mission is to grow, to leave behind a legacy, teach, help, or to make this world a better place for having been alive? By having a vision for our life that stands for something greater than ourselves and greater than our current condition, we are motivated to cross the abyss. All of life is hardwired in this way, yet through our own evolution and the creation of the ego we remain too focused on survival thereby creating a conflict that hinders our growth. In business there are only two states of being; growing/improving or declining/decaying. Moving through life we find the same thing.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“It is surely easier and safer to never take risk in life and therefore avoid the abyss. The irony is in doing so we create the ultimate abyss in which we spend our lives. Any species which does not experiment, take risk, adapt and grow, ultimately grows stagnant or extinct. All of nature seeks expression of this life force. It is evident in life all around us as it has taken up domain in every place on earth; it has exploited every possible niche it can find. This is the spirit of life. Life is driven to exploit every conceivable strength. In the human species, it is the mind and our consciousness which allows us to connect to the greater consciousness that exist.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

"Sometimes all it takes to be happy is just a little gratitude." ~ Chris W Metz

"Water the flowers not the weeds, a simple enough desire, yet we plant the anger and plant the guilt and continue watering thoughts. If we could remember that once planted, to withhold the water, they too would wither and die. Watering with love, the flowers would be all we see." ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“Never allow yourself to need anything so much, that without it, your life is miserable.” ~ Chris W Metz

"When we predicate our happiness on another person behaving a certain way, then we are always at risk of being unhappy.  When we make the decision to be happy, we no longer allow any external factor to decide our own happiness.  We can never control the behavior of others and so if we wish to maintain our own happiness, we have three choices in every relationship: love unconditionally; have compassion for them; or expel them from our life." ~ Chris W Metz

The great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard. ~ Abraham Maslow

“The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy--the less happy you’re going to be.” ~ Anthony Robbins

“When we are content with all we presently have, we possess the basis for experiencing true happiness. Many get caught up in the trap of always needing more, the ‘if only I had X’ then I would be happy syndrome. If only I had more money, a better job, a better spouse, a nicer car, etc.. We can never be truly happy unless we celebrate and relish what we already have on a daily basis. Happiness and contentment comes from within and can never be found outside ourselves. Those that possess genuine happiness remain in such a state regardless of their current circumstances or the ebb and flow of material possessions. Joy is a state of consciousness arrived at when we are thankful for what we already have.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“Judge not, for what you see are perceptions of yourself.” ~ Chris W Metz

“A beautiful life doesn’t just happen, it is built daily by prayer, humility, sacrifice and love. May that beautiful life be yours always.” ~ Dennis Castillo

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." ~ Alfred D. Souza

"You do not need to die and be revived to have a second chance at life. Every moment the part of us that lived in the moment before dies and the next moment is our second chance at life." ~ Chris W Metz

"It's never to late to experience a happy past." ~ Chris W Metz

“I take my paradise with me wherever I go. I will not leave it to fight, I will not slip away to judge, when I love I am at its center.” ~ Chris W Metz

“We’re never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.” ~ Frank Crane

Find someone who isn’t afraid to admit they miss you. Someone who knows you are not perfect but treats you as if you are. Someone whose biggest fear is losing you. One who gives their heart completely. Someone who says “I love you” and means it. Last but not least, find someone who wouldn’t mind waking up with you in the morning, seeing you in wrinkles and your gray hair but still falls for you all over again. ~ Unkown

"Love Lives without fear, Fear lives without love." ~ Chris W Metz

“The heart is unlimited in its capacity to hold others in love, but to hold others with thoughts of hate, anger, judgement or jealousy, weighs on the mind, eventually squeezing the joy out of it.” ~ Chris W Metz

“Love cannot be bought, sold, seen or touched; it is the extension of an idea that can only be felt with the heart.” ~ Chris W Metz

Love isn’t when you can name a million things about a person. Love is when you can’t even find the words to describe how you feel about them. ~ Unknown

Try not to confuse “attachment” with “love.” Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another. Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because your already full. ~ Yasmin Mogahed

“What can be seen, held or touched is of little value in life. Only the feelings of love have value that will increase throughout eternity.” ~ Chris W Metz

“It is almost as if we are all playing a big game of hide-and-go-seek. We all hide expecting to be found, but no one has been labelled the seeker. We stand behind the wall, at first excited, then worried, then bored, then anxious, then angry. We hide and hide. After a while, the game is not fun anymore. Where is my seeker? Where is the person who is supposed to come find me here in my protected shell and cut me open? Where is that one who will make me trust him, make me comfortable, make me feel whole? Some people rot on the spot, waiting for the seeker that never comes. The most important truth that I can relate to you, if you are hiding and waiting, is that the seeker is you and the world, behind so many walls, waits.” ~ Vironika Tugaleva, The Love Mindset

“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.
Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.
Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.” Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

“When you love someone, truly love them, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt---you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul.” ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave." ~ Gandhi

“If I could impress you, it would only be with my love that I would hope to do so.” ~ Chris W Metz

"Sometimes the selfish need of another is disguised as love. When someone is not happy, they seek their happiness outside themselves by loving another, but this is not true love. True love is the transmutation of overflowing happiness within ourselves that must be shared with others." ~ Chris W Metz

“When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

If I could give you one thing in life, I would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes, as only then would you realize how special you are to me. ~ Unknown

Real love begins where nothing is expected in return. ~ Unknown

"Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake." ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

“Meditation is a tranquilizing sedative with no ill after affects.” ~ Chris W Metz

"Everyone is and becomes what you would have them be." ~ Chris W Metz

“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

"Every thought and every action either brings us closer to light, love and connectedness or pushes us to darkness, fear and isolation." ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss