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“There is never anything to change but our own perspective.”
― Karen Casey

“Life is a series of lessons. Crises can be seen as the homework. They aren’t there to defeat us but to help us grow—to graduate us into the next stage of life.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“The first few times we make the choice to “be peaceful rather than right,” it feels like denial. But with practice it will become the preferred choice.”
― Karen Casey, Let Go Now: Embrace Detachment as a Path to Freedom

“Love is the mortar that holds the human structure together.”
― Karen Casey

“Sit quietly for a moment upon awakening and visualize who you want to be for the day. That will become a practice that can change your life considerably.”
― Karen Casey, Let Go Now: Embrace Detachment as a Path to Freedom

“JANUARY 30 Fortunately [psycho]analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. —Karen Horney The passage of time, coupled with an openness to the messages gleaned from our conversations with others, can provide answers we need for the way out of painful situations. Life is ebb and flow, peaks and valleys, struggles and sweet times. What we fail to realize, all too often, is that the struggles make possible the times that are sweet. Our conflicts are our special lessons in life. We can learn to flow with them, move through them, trust their value to us as growing, changing women. How good it feels to have found security with one another and that power greater than ourselves who can, when we are willing, show us the path to resolution. Life will never be free of conflict—nor should it be. Our lessons move us to higher planes of awareness. We can experience the joy hidden within the conflict. We can help one another remember that the sweetness of a moment is tied to the pain of a former, forgotten moment. All events, all experiences, are connected. The path I travel, alone and with others, is bringing me brighter days. I will trust my path. It’s right for me.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Consciously choosing to be peaceful isn't always easy. In fact, inside we might feel agitated, at first. But acting as if you feel peace is a beginning. Give it a try today. Your attempt will be felt far and wide.”
― Karen Casey, Let Go Now: Embrace Detachment as a Path to Freedom

“The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end. —Baroness Orczy”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer, or fuller, or more satisfying, puts me in a constant state of suspension; and I miss all those moments that pass. They never come back to be experienced again. —Kathleen Tierney Crilly”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Variety in experiences is necessary for our continued growth. We mistakenly think that the “untroubled” life would be forever welcome. It’s the deep waves of life that teach us to be better swimmers.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“The bottom line is that I am responsible for my own well-being, my own happiness. The choices and decisions I make regarding my life directly influence the quality of my days. —Kathleen Andrus”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. —Abraham Maslow”
― Karen Casey, The Promise of a New Day: Meditations for Reflection and Renewal

“The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words, return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy. —Florence Scovel Shin”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it. — Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery offers us courage to make choices about the events of our lives. Passive compliance with whatever is occurring need no longer dominate our pattern of behavior. Powerlessly watching our lives go by was common for many of us, and our feelings of powerlessness escalated the more idle we were. Today, action is called for, thoughtful action in response to the situations begging for our attention. Recovery’s greatest gift is the courage to take action, to make decisions that will benefit us as well as the people who are close to us. Courage is the by-product of our spiritual progress, courage to accept what we cannot change, believing that all will be well, courage to change in ourselves what we do have control over. An exhilaration about life accompanies the taking of action. The spell that idleness casts over us is broken, and subsequent actions are even easier to take. Clearly, making a choice and acting on it is healthful. The program has given us the tools to do both. Decisions will be called for today. I will be patient with myself, and thoughtful. I will listen closely to the guidance that comes from those around me.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“In a moment of imagined separation, we become self-conscious and self-absorbed, and we assume we are less worthy than every other person we encounter. We want to hide out and yet be noticed. When this happens to nations of people, wars start.”
― Karen Casey, Fearless Relationships: Simple Rules for Lifelong Contentment

“Our security, once and for all, lies with no one but God and our relationship with Him. And we need not be obsessed with that relationship for it to give us peace. We need do little more than seek to know God better for the grace to come.”
― Karen Casey, Let Go Now: Embrace Detachment as a Path to Freedom

“How comforting to know that all answers are as close as our quiet moments. God never chooses to keep the answers from us. We simply fail to quiet our thoughts long enough to heed them. Our minds race, obsessively, all too often. We jump from one scenario to another, one fear to another, one emotion to another. And each time our thoughts capture a new focus, we push the answer we seek further into the background.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Detachment is a gift to each of us, really. Whether we are detaching from others or they from us, it’s a show of respect every time. To not allow others, or to not be allowed, to make personal choices limits our growth. Our time here is purposeful. If we steer others in a direction that’s not right for them now, time is wasted, lessons are postponed, and opportunities are missed.”
― Karen Casey, Let Go Now: Embrace Detachment as a Path to Freedom

“When the pupil is ready, the teacher appears.” Life’s lessons often come unexpectedly. They come, nevertheless, and they come according to a time frame that is Divine. As we grow emotionally and spiritually, we are readied for further lessons for which teachers will appear. Perhaps the teacher will be a loving relationship, a difficult loss, or a truant child. The time of learning is seldom free from pain and questioning. But from these experiences and what they can teach us, we are ready to learn. As we are ready, they come. We all enjoy the easy times when”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“It’s tricky business trying to place blame. For when we judge someone else’s behavior, we quickly come into conflict with our own.”
― Karen Casey, In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. —Anne Frank”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“I will look to each moment with child-like eyes. I’ll find joy and contentment.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Each action we take clearly indicates the person we are becoming.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Peace belongs to me. It belongs to you too. We simply have to step forward, quietly, and claim it.”
― Karen Casey, 52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles: Cultivate a Simpler, Slower, More Love-Filled Life

“Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. —Simone Weil”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Our meaning in this life is found through following the guidance that beckons us toward these new horizons, perhaps new friends, even new locations. We can trust the urge. We can reverence the urge. It will not lead us astray, provided we do not try to lead it. We each have a special gift to express in this life among those to whom we’ve been led.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“I need never go back again. I am spared that. My destiny lies in the future. And I can be certain it will bring me all that I desire, and more.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Choosing the quieter voice as my guide offers me freedom; freedom from anxiety, freedom from conflict, freedom from the insanity of my choices in the past. Every day can be peaceful now. The choice is mine.”
― Karen Casey, 52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles: Cultivate a Simpler, Slower, More Love-Filled Life

“The more we find fault with life, the more fault we are guaranteed to find. Negative attitudes attract negative experiences, while positive attitudes lighten whatever burden we may be learning from.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Our serenity is very dependent on our attitude. When we cultivate an attitude of acceptance and gratitude for what is, we find the energy to change what we can, and the serenity to let go of the rest.”
― Karen Casey, In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery