Morrie had become a lightning rod of ideas. He jotted down his thoughts on yellow pads, envelopes, folders, scrap paper. He wrote bite-sized philosophies about living with death’s shadow: Accept what...
My father moved through theys of we,singing each new leaf out of each tree,(and every child was sure that springdanced when she heard my father sing)...
My funeral, the Blue Man said. Look at the mourners. Some did not even know me well, yet they came. Why? Did you ever wonder? Why people gather when others die? Why people feel they should? It is beca...
No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.
No, I say. You knew me. You knew that person, but you don’t know the person that I’m trying to become.
Not aging is not the same as living, and without human contact, his soul dried up.
Once you learn how to die, you learn how to survive.
Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of ‘I could have, I should have.’ We can sleep in a storm. And when it’s time, our good-byes will be com...
Parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorb the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged li...
People are only mean when they are threatened.
People are only mean when they're threatened.
People think of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless. - This is the greatest gift God can giv...
People think of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless.
Remember, the only difference between 'marital' and 'martial' is where you put the 'i
Sacrfice, the captain said. You made one. I made one. We all made them. But you were angry over yours. You kept thinking about what you lost. You didn't get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's suppo...
Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just p...
Secrets tear you apart.
Secrets. We think by keeping them, we're controlling things, but all the while, they're controlling us.
She had a bottomless well of love for me.
She would tell her that endings are also beginnings, we just don't know it at the time.
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