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I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.

We are like the little branch that quivers during a storm, doubting our strength and forgetting we are the tree—deeply rooted to withstand all life’s upheavals.

Pain can change you, but that doesn’t mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.

When something bad happens you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.

Look at what you’ve got and make the best of it. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.

A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Don’t wait for your feelings to change to take the action. Take the action and your feelings will change.

Sometimes in tragedy we find our life’s purpose. The eye sheds a tear to find its focus.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.