“There is a life under every mad, crazy schedule, underneath all your incessant thought, all your planning and worry. Let’s call this life ‘she’. She will take you where you need to go, tell you what you need to hear, give you what your soul truly wants. She lives and breathes in her own way, […]
“It may seem that love makes emotional wrecks of us all, that it wakes us with fire and smothers us with the fear of its absence; but that is not love. Love is aware of loss and yet it pulls you in closer. Love is realizing that everyone needs it, that all are worthy of […]
“Stories are wonderful escapes. They are instructive, entertaining, and therapeutic. Yet they are prisons if you believe your own. When you identify, cling to, and aim to convince others of your story (or stories) in trying to connect with them, you are in fact the narrator of division, limitation, and grief.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“I do not believe God is an advanced, glorified version of man, with limbs and fingers and a head of hair. I do believe that God permeates everything and is the underlying quantum fabric that connects everything in the universe.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“There is a distinct difference between what you hear and what a person is actually saying when you listen to them using what you know, what you’ve learned, what you want to say next. If you truly want to understand and connect, forget everything you know.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“If you only connect deeply in relationships when there is a crisis or shared grievance, you are training your subconscious to practice psychological stress so that you have an excuse to be loved. You don’t need an excuse. You exist, and that is the best reason there is. It is not about believing you deserve love. It is about feeling, practicing, training your psyche to feel love whether ideal conditions are present or not, which is the best contribution to your life, your relationships and the world you can make.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Every human being has superior and inferior qualities, thoughts, and behaviors, whether they get expressed or not. The most prevalent qualities are those that get the most focus. Which ones are you looking at?” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“When your interactions primarily consist of those people you could potentially “save” or guide toward your way of doing things, the ego is in charge. If you really want to help people, if you are truly concerned about their well-being, be the one person not trying to get them to do or be anything. Be the one person they can truly be their beautiful, ugly, authentic self with.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“With inner freedom comes a high level of invisibility. You move in and out of interactions, deeply connecting with others, transforming relationships and situations, and things without ever being seen, while concurrently accruing an unfathomable sight.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com