A man who has been shot at is a new realist, and what do you say to a realist when the war is a war of ideals?
Every corner and room of a house will carry memories, make these the most pleasurable times you shared with your family.
Not being happy really is my fear.
Ignorance is the greatest slave master in the universe.
Even now I remember those pictures, like pictures in a storybook one loved as a child. Radiant meadows, mountains vaporous in the trembling distance; leaves ankle-deep on a gusty autumn road; bonfires...
Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?
Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Letting go of the past, is like opening the flood gates of healing to be set free.
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.