When people say “Let it go,” what they really mean is “Get over it,” and that’s not a helpful thing to say. It’s not a matter of letting go—you would if you could. Instead of “Let it go,” we should probably say “Let it be”; this recognizes that the mind won’t let go and the …
A Thought
“When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, …
A Thought
The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. – Fran Lebowitz
A Thought
“Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition”. Alexander Smith
A Thought
The risk of connecting to another in relationship is fraught with danger, and there are times in most people’s lives that it is deemed “not worth it”. And while the danger of being hurt in the relationship is then averted, the larger cost of being without that relationship carries with it a different sort of …
A Thought
If a couple is unable to have a fight and so bring up what is on their minds, they are dealing with each other by withdrawal techniques… With each avoidance, the area that cannot be discussed grows larger until ultimately they may have nothing they can safely talk about. When a couple cannot fight, all …
A Thought
I can be changed by what happens to me. I refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou
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Beautiful to read, lovely to think about, and a lifetime of struggle to live out. I’ve learned through my own experience and listening to stories of others over the years that it is much easier to read than to do.
A Thought
Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, suit of armor, so …
Wise Last Words
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. Jack Layton You don’t have to be NDP to recognize wisdom in this quote or to mourn the man who penned them. Rest in Peace, …