"You were the hardest lesson I ever had to learn." - unknown. In honor of my most hated holiday, I am doing something different. This post is lengthy and consists entirely of quotes that are not from me. Valentine's Day- a celebration of love, devotion, attraction, and
"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow." - Orison Swett Marden. Tomorrow is usually a beautiful thing, a new day, a fresh start. What happens, though, when tomorrow is dreaded? When the thought of living one
"When deeds speak, words are nothing." - African Proverb. How do the people around us know that we love them? Most would say that you tell them. But some will say those three words every day, and every day, they will have the same meaning- nothing. While they are
"I hate the feeling when you really don't have any emotion. You feel so empty. You're not happy, you're not sad. You're nothing. When your mind is spinning, but you can't feel anything." - unknown. I was staring at
"Life's greatest freedom is having nothing to prove." - unknown. The Merriam-Webster definition of freedom is- the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom is a human right that everyone says they want and some have fought
I read this on Pinterest the other day: "One day, your child will sit across from someone and explain to them what it was like to be raised by you. Make sure it's a story worth telling." - unknown, and I thought about the mistakes that I
"Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows." - Rainer Maria Rilke. I did it! I have written one post a week for an entire year (which was a test I set up for myself to see if I would ever find
"The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays." - W.C. Jones. The word joy is used often around Christmas time. I think this is because those who love the season are in a giving mood, and being generous brings a feeling of
"Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things." - unknown. Loss is a separation, and being separated from something we want makes us sad. Since the only thing that is sure in life is change, we will experience many losses before the ultimate loss- death.
"Music is what feelings sound like." - unknown. I do not know what the most popular Christmas song of all time is, but I read that Bing Crosby's White Christmas is the best-selling (over 50 million copies sold). I found that interesting. The song is wistful
"Be decisive, right or wrong. Make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn't make a decision." - unknown. In my last post, I expressed gratitude for being able to choose how to view what happens to me in this life. Interestingly
"Offering genuine gratitude comes from a willingness to take account for all you have been given and to understand that none of it was guaranteed." - Day Schildkret. The season of thanksgiving is here. Thanksgiving and gratitude are not the same thing. Gratitude is a feeling that you have,