Often times the wall that your back is up against is not there to stop you from moving forward. It’s there to keep someone on the other side of it from reaching you. Obstacles in your way are many times the solution to future problems that you will never know you would’ve had. C.L. Harmon
The essence of music is not a human creation, but a discovery which we cultivated. If we apply this reality in our own lives, we discover that we are all different notes of the same music. This makes us capable of creating a beautiful harmony in the rhythm of life. C.L. Harmon
People ask you to follow them because they fear where you will go without them. If you follow, they control you and will only take you where they wish to go. Every heart has its own path created within. If you are following someone else’s path, what could have been eventually becomes what should have been. C.L. Harmon
To be cleansed in a rain storm means risking drowning in rising waters. But without risks, we are no more than settling dust. Everything you desire rests in your choice to experience what lies on the other side of fear. C.L. Harmon
Whatever you are, be that without haste. Whatever your appearance, wear it proudly. Whatever the voice in your head, listen to it. Whatever the tune in heart, dance to it. These are your soul revealing who you should be…who you need to be to change the world and make it yours. C.L. Harmon
You should never listen to anyone who says you can’t. Only lend an ear to those who say you can. However, on occasion, you should probably listen to those who say you shouldn’t. C.L. Harmon
It is not until we are beaten down that we realize the light we need to see and its warmth we need to feel are made not found. Once we learn others cannot do it for us, we will create the light we need to guide ourselves out of the darkness. C.L. Harmon
The moment you sacrifice your principles, is the moment you become a slave. No one owns another who refuses to relinquish themselves. Regardless of the relationship, your principles, kept or surrendered, dictate how you will be treated. C.L. Harmon
Because of past scars, we tend to proceed with caution when we move toward our desires. Often we miss or lose out on something worthwhile because we wish to control the natural rhythm inside us. Whether we move slowly or not, the possibility of failure is still real. But to lose a desire because we didn’t simply follow the rhythm of our hearts is an injustice to ourselves and to that or those which we desired. C.L. Harmon
The value others have of you matters little if at all. No one knows your true worth but you. You can’t tell others, convince them or sell them your value. They will either know it or they won’t. And if they don’t it won’t matter. Because value lost to those who didn’t see it weren’t worth what you would have given them anyway. C.L. Harmon
There are those with the skill to build instruments, those with the talent to play those instruments and there are those with the creativity to write the music for both. Each of us is given a gift and they all intertwine. As such, we should never envy the ability of another. Because what they do with their gift may provide exactly what we need to utilize ours. C.L. Harmon
What you build through your pain is a monument. Not what you will leave behind but to what you are creating tomorrow. Our suffering is only the foundation which must be laid before we create the apex we call happiness. C.L. Harmon
When God answers those who have been wronged, persecuted and abandoned, the reason for their suffering will be, I was waiting on the righteous to act on your behalf. We should always embrace that power of benevolence we possess and never shy away from the opportunity to be someone’s salvation. C.L. Harmon
When you decide to take control, someone else’s control becomes nothing more than their opinion. And with that decision it becomes your choice to either respect or deny that opinion. C.L. Harmon
What you want most in life might only take one more step forward, be one single step away. Barefoot on broken glass with a broken leg would I take that step if only to know I took the chance to learn how small the distance between where I am and where I desire to be. C.L. Harmon
What we allow ourselves to believe defines us. Not because it dictates our choices but rather chooses our identity. The only way we will ever know who we truly are is to first believe our identity is not based on the beliefs of others, but ours alone to create. C.L. Harmon
What we allow ourselves to believe defines us. Not because it dictates our choices but rather chooses our identity. The only way we will ever know who we truly are is to first believe our identity is not based on the beliefs of others, but ours alone to create. C.L. Harmon
You are given three tools necessary to achieve happiness, a brain, heart and a conscience. When you find that you are unhappy, ask yourself which ones you are not listening to. C.L. Harmon
Being ourselves is the only thing we will ever be perfect at. And you know what is so great about that? Being ourselves means we fail, it means we lose, it means we suffer. But above everything good or bad we experience, it means we have created the only version of ourselves that will ever exist…and there’s no measure above that perfection. C.L. Harmon
There is a rhythm to life and a rhythm we call our own. The two are not always working in tandem. But this is not a sign that we are not in harmony but one that shows we are dancing into a new direction that life knows we are finally ready to venture. C.L. Harmon