Sunsets are mother nature’s finest artwork; pride is nobody’s friend; readers make the most perceptive, compassionate listeners; silence is sweet; hugs and dark chocolate are emotional medicine; pineapple certainly does belong on anything ham belongs on; and motherhood will always be the most rewarding labor in existence.
Some people have never received compassion, only criticism. That is why criticism is all they have to hand out.
We daydream to heal, to hope, to be happier. It is mental and emotional therapy. Daydreams are experiences both imagined and felt, which makes them very real to the mind and the heart. So relax. Smile. Daydream.
It is said that the boldest thing you can do is think for yourself, but I believe that it is bolder still to act on those thoughts and ideas despite certain criticism and objections. To be true to yourself – to look straight into your own eyes reflected in the mirror and be loyal to the person you see – is to be bold indeed.
I love the way you smile at me and squeeze my hand like you never noticed the many times I let you down.
God never said to love only those you deem deserving.
We reap the fruit of the seeds we sow. Every good deed, every bad deed – they are the means of planting seeds that will reward us one day with a merited harvest from life’s garden.
Those sweet souls who speak kind words when they could rightly criticize are the most influential beings in all the world.
Surround yourself with those who voice more gratitudes than grumbles.
It is your attitude, your choices, your habits, your companions, your values, your faith, your resolve, and your diligence that shape your future.
Let gratitude saturate your heart for every good thing, both great and small, and then endure – oh, steadfastly endure – all else that remains.
Minutes may seem as worthless as pennies until you add them up. Neither should be wasted.
I don’t want to be lonely, but I don’t want to be miserable either.
In the end, your heaviest regrets will be nothing tangible.
Life is determined to introduce you to your true self. Be kind.
You can wallow in miserable self-pity all the days of your life and do nothing but drown in your own tears. Or you can stand up and reach out to draw others from their wallowing, effectively saving lives. Life is no punishment; you weren’t put here just for you.
Butterflies are the most beautiful creatures ever. They should call them beautiflies, don’t you think?
Your choices and efforts, be they small or grand, mold and define who you are. Poor choices and minimal effort will result in the poorest version of you. Mediocre choices combined with doing just-enough-to-get-by will create a mediocre you. To be the best version of yourself, to reach your greater potential, make the very best choices possible. Put forth your highest efforts in everything. Be intentionally productive with the time you have. Work to do your best!
When a soul is saved, raised up out of the black abyss of despair, it never means as much to anyone else as it does to the one rescued.
Why is it that people would sooner make you feel small in order to feel big by comparison when if they reached a little higher it would actually make them grow big in the effort?