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Thought of the Moment

Parents

"I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life."

- Maya Angelou Read more

 

Mistakes

It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of the mind, mistakes of judgment. But people will not easily forgive the mistakes of the heart, the ill intention, the bad motives, the prideful justifying cover-up of the first mistake.

- Stephen Covey Read more

 

Patience

Rivers know this: there is no hurry.

We shall get there some day.

- A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Read more

 

Our greatest competition

Our greatest competition isn't other people; rather, it's not appreciating our blessings. It's not taking responsibility for our shortcomings. It's not doing the work and making the sacrifices needed to experience what we want. It's not understanding that great fulfillment lies in learning, giving, and loving. Read more

 

Most Basic Emotional Need

Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love that grows out of reason and choice, not instinct. I need to be loved by someone who chooses to love me, who sees in me something worth loving.

- Gary Chapman Read more

 

The Right to Say I Love You

It should be a privilege to be able to say "I love you" to someone. It shouldn't be something people say just because they feel like it. A privilege that is earned. They say you have to earn the right to be loved; no, love is unconditional, if you love someone, they don't have to earn it. But. The right to tell someone that you love them? That has to be earned. You have to earn the right to be believed.

― C. JoyBell C. Read more

 

Grief

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

- Rumi Read more

 

How We Behave

Thoughtful words can mean something to us in the moment. But over many years, what we remember most is how people consistently behaved. Read more

 

Change

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

- Rumi Read more

 

Love that is free of self interest

Few things are more beautiful than love that is free of self interest. Read more

 

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