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1 " I may not always like at times, but life is a beautiful blend of joy, tragedy and dreams. If not for one, I could not have the other. "
― Paula Heller Garland
2 " All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was. "
3 " Life became more aligned when I started taking some of the advice I'd been dishing out to my friends. "
4 " Don't forget to pause and nourish yourself a bit along the way. When you're born to help others sometimes you forget to help yourself. "
5 " You can't sweep something broken into a bag and call it whole. It takes repair. "
6 " I had to ask myself why I'm continuing to engage in behavior I knew hurt. What was my payoff? Did it confirm my belief I was not enough? Did I think I needed to suffer? Did I think I could save him? Why not save myself instead? What a miserable realization that I knew all of this yet failed to take action. "
7 " As I was standing in my kitchen cooking yesterday, a quiet task that causes my mind to begin reminiscing (similar to washing dishes, cleaning the bathrooms and mowing), I reached for the kitchen scissors and off I went. Kitchen scissors. Who knew there were special scissors to cut food items? Mom did. "
8 " And my heart is breakingMy heart is lying on the floor in a pool of tearsI keep asking the same questions only to have them unanswered "
9 " Late that night we were both still thinking about the events as they unfolded. He suggested a drive back to the water to bring some closure. As we stood in the water I felt so thankful to have been with a friend capable of hearing and expressing emotion. "
10 " I don't know the perfect thing to say when a person is hurting but I do know the last thing they want to hear are reasons they shouldn't be hurting. "
11 " Hurting the person who hurt you won't heal your pain. Let them go. Karma will deal with them you don't have to write the script for the universe. "
12 " The truth, for me, is I do accept everyone. I believe people are going to be who they are going to be. Moreover, I strongly disagree that it is my place in life to judge who they are. Or to attempt to mold them into whom I believe they should become. "
13 " The burden of my anxiety is not my child's. "
14 " When we see others cry it is difficult, not because of feeling their pain, but your own. "
15 " I'm amazed how my soul is served the messages I need to be fed at exactly the time I'm in need. When I'm open. "
16 " I lit the candles and said out loud, “what am I waiting on? Someone to sell them in a garage sale for a quarter after I die?” And it was beautiful. And the smell was even more incredible than I remembered. "
17 " People may say no one ever died of a broken heart, but when you're suffering from one, it sure doesn't feel that way--at least initially. "
18 " Don't beg a man to keep you. If he isn't sure you are the right one make the decision for yourself. You deserve better than maybe. "
19 " The love was so passionate. Neither were happy with anyone else. But when a time came that they were able to be together, too much had been left unsaid. Too much time had passed and too much hurt filled their hearts. "
20 " Bringing the workbook to publication also meant an ending. An ending of many days and hours of interaction with Tyrone. I knew the day would bring that ending when we began but as it crept closer I felt the weight of hesitation as much as the excitement of relief. I found myself with thoughts like, "it will never be the same again as it is now" and "I am not sure I want this interaction to end". I love that man dearly and will forever be changed from knowing him. Handing our diligent work over to Kendall-Hunt for publication was as if I was handing the entirety of the relationship over. "
