Quotes by Jennifer Howard

“Everyone in my family pretty much has gone here so it seemed like the only option. I think (Lott) always felt not as smart as everyone in the family but was so committed to my father that she never did what was good for her and what she wanted to do. She has always been self-motivated and had even come to a couple of my classes.”

“This is our fight. This is the fight that defines us as a party and is the most worthwhile fight were going to face. Having for-profit health care does nothing to shorten the wait list for those of us who cant afford to pay the fee, it only lengthens them.”

“We are trying to see if there are specific management techniques which will result in more carbon dioxide being stored in the forest floor, soil or in trees.”

“She was hilarious. She was probably like the life of our wing.”

Persistent problems, however unpleasant they may seem, contain the unprocessed and unexamined thoughts and feelings that, if left alone, keep you from your greatness. That’s why the pain, emptiness, and longing you feel can be your greatest gift—it can motivate you to examine parts of yourself that have been overlooked, forgotten, or hidden. It’s the irritant of sand in the oyster, which is the impetus for the pearl. In walking the conscious life path, you reveal your deepest Reality, layer by layer. You come home.

Persistent problems, however unpleasant they may seem, contain the unpro¬cessed and unexamined thoughts and feelings that, if left alone, keep you from your greatness. That’s why the pain, emptiness, and longing you feel can be your greatest gift—it can motivate you to examine parts of yourself that have been overlooked, forgotten, or hidden. It’s the irritant of sand in the oyster, which is the impetus for the pearl. In walking the conscious life path, you reveal your deepest Reality, layer by layer. You come home.

For most of us enlightenment is not a destination or graduation into a permanent higher state of consciousness, but a moment-by-moment experience constantly fluctuating between degrees of wholeness and limited consciousness. I like to call this “enlightening-ment.

How do you know if your inner voice or sense of guidance is your deeper-self speaking its wisdom, your unconscious childhood programming, or the voice of your Aunt Matilda? Discerning the difference between an automatic response stemming from family beliefs, childhood distortions, or culture, and guidance from our connection with our higher/deeper self, makes life, success, and relationships so much easier.

What? A man who could admit to his feelings? They really do exist!