12 Quotes to Make a Positive Shift This Year

How’s the year starting out for you? Please drop me a note; I’d love to hear from you.

As I finalized my six actions to set up 2022, the answer to one of the actions -- selecting a theme for the year -- emerged one morning after journaling about what I'd love more of this year: to sit more loosely, to extend more grace to myself and others, and to experience more fun and simple moments.

That requires me to let go of a number of things including the scorecard, worrying about what others think of me, and my medical degree from Google.

That’s why my theme for 2022 is LET GO! I hope by now you’ve established your theme, too. If you haven’t – and you’re looking for inspiration – check out my recent LinkedIn post with feedback from clients and friends on their themes.

At some point I’ll find myself holding on too tight, and I’ll need to make a positive shift to let go. That's when I'll turn to one of the following quotes I discovered over the last year. Each of them fueled my tank, and I’m sure they’ll do it again. I hope they do that for you, too.

All good things,
Ben



“At every phase in your life, look at your options. Please, do not select boring ones.”

Barbara Hillary


 
“The world insists that we are what we do and achieve, but contemplation invites us to practice under-doing and under-achieving, reminding us of the simple grace and humility of being human.”

Richard Rohr


 
“All of us have something we’d lay down if it were that easy.”

Dr. Nzinga Harrison


 
“When people are genuinely happy at the success of others, the pie gets bigger.”

Stephen Covey


 
“Talking about your successes is easy and boring. Failure is hard and great. Tell those hard stories.”

Matthew Dicks


 
“I know what I want. And I really know what I don’t want.”

Adele


 
“All that we are looking for in life – all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind – is right here in the present moment. Our very own awareness is itself fundamentally pure and good.”

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche


 
“When we make our art in a spirit of service, it lightens the burden of our ego.”

Julia Cameron



“Let’s all stop worrying about whether we like each other and choose to believe instead that we’re capable of doing good together.”

Bishop Michael Curry


 
“Surrender is the strongest, most subversive thing you can do in this world. It takes strength to admit that you are weak, bravery to show you are vulnerable, courage to ask for help. It’s also not a one-time gig; you don’t just do it once and move on.”

Holly Whitaker


 
“I pray every day that God will put all the right things, all the right peo­ple in my life, and take all the wrong things, all the wrong peo­ple out, and guide me. Then I fig­ure out what I want to wear and what I want to ac­com­plish…and I have my cup of am­bi­tion.”

Dolly Parton


 
“It was all about letting go of everything.”

Pema Chodron 

Ben Kiker