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Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi's Journey, available in both print and eBook formats, launched Pondercentral.com in May 2007 as a web-based forum for "PONDER on THIS," a series of weekday inspirational email messages he began sending to subscribers in March 1999.
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Tag Archives: Don Miguel Ruiz
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, April 6th, 2018 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“Love and respect are what we should also teach our children, but the only way to teach them love and respect is to love and respect ourselves. There is no other way. Again, we can only give them what we … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“The universe is simple: it’s about cause and effect, action and reaction. If you don’t like the way you are living your life, this is a reaction to the program that is ruling your life. The liar, the program, is … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 27th, 2017 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“If you believe the common lie “I’m not worthy,” that lie lives in your mind because you believe it. You don’t believe people who tell you how great you are, and you don’t believe them because you believe the opposite. … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK
“We say that humans have free will, but this is hardly true. Our will is controlled by the dream of the planet; our attention is hooked by the outside dream, and we follow the will of the outside. In the … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“The main character of your story is you, but the role that you are playing is not you. You have practiced that role for so long that you have mastered the performance. You have become the best actor in the … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 11th, 2017 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK
“As children, we never chose what to believe or not to believe. We didn’t choose our religion or moral values, or any concept at all. But we agreed with these beliefs, and once we agreed, it was stored in our … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 13th, 2017 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“In every moment, you make the choice of what you want to keep, and what you want to let go of. But not with words. You don’t need to make a story, but you can if you want to. In … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, April 7th, 2017 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK
“When you are a child and your mother says, “You are never going to learn to dance,” if you agree with her, then that’s it—you are never going to learn to dance. Even if your reasoning mind says, “I don’t … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK
“The problem is that you think too much. You are way too smart. Think, think, think. Your mind is like a wild horse that takes you wherever it wants to take you. You have no control over all that thinking, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
“The problem with most people is that they lose control of their emotions…When we lose control we say things that we don’t want to say, and do things that we don’t want to do. That is why it is so … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“I love and respect all of God’s creation. How can I say, “God, you have created billions of people and they are not perfect?” For me to say that I am not perfect or that you are not perfect is … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“If your beliefs are telling you, “I’m fat. I’m ugly. I’m old. I’m a loser. I’m not good enough. I’m not strong enough. I’ll never make it,” then don’t believe yourself, because it’s not true. These messages are distorted. They’re … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“If one hundred people perceive the same event, you hear one hundred different stories, and everybody claims that his or her story is the true story. Of course, it’s only true for that person, and your story is only true … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK
“You don’t have the right to try to fix other people’s points of view. You don’t need to be right and make them wrong because of what you believe. They have the right to suffer if that’s what they want … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 28th, 2016 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
“Forgiveness is the only way to heal. We can choose to forgive because we feel compassion for ourselves. We can let go of the resentment and declare, “That’s enough! I will no longer be the big Judge that goes against … Continue reading