Alexander Den Heijer

Until we have inner permission to be who we are, we will always be searching for it in the outside world.

In time, peace cannot be found. In expectation, it is suspended. In surrender, it is right here.

Listen to your internal compass and let it guide you.

The problem with fear is that it suppresses creativity, joy, curiosity, and spontaneity.

If we have something to aim for, then the unavoidable struggle will have a sense of meaning to it. Hardship stretches us and enables us to realise our potential. This is how we grow. We don't grow without pressure. But if we are unable to find meaning in hardship; we just wither. Do we see hardship as a meaningless way to make us suffer, or do we see it as a meaningful way to make us stronger?

Sometimes, when we become a friend to ourselves, we become a stranger to others.

There’s a saying that goes, ‘The best way out is always through.’ If we want to live without fear, or any other emotion, we must first learn to live with it.

You don't inspire people by revealing your super powers; you inspire people by helping them reveal their own super powers.

It's not finding yourself that's hard; it's facing yourself that is.

Be bold enough to know that you can make a difference. Be humble enough to know that you're a limited creature.

Being confident doesn't mean we have to show everyone how good we are; it means that we know we are enough without having the need to show off.

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.

Wisdom begins where certainty ends

But in reality, it’s the way we relate to things that matters. It’s not social media that makes us depressed; it’s our relationship to it. It’s not money that makes us unhappy; it’s our relationship to it. It’s not our partner that makes us happy; it’s our relationship to him or her. Instead of changing the world around us, it may be better to change the way we relate to the world.

The eternal tension between what is and what ought to be either leads to frustration or transformation. The choice is yours.