REMEMBER

‎I won't force myself to have space in your life because if you know my worth, you'll create one for me.
~ via Lessons Learned In Life

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. We always have the choice.


~ His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama

To create is to make something whole from the pieces of our lives and,


in the process, to become more whole ourselves. It is a healing act,
a leave-taking from the chaos
as we move from the choppy surface
toward the stillness of the center.


~Jan Phillips

You Learn


After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,


And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning
And company doesn’t mean security.


And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
And presents aren’t promises,


And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,


And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.


After a while you learn…
That even sunshine burns if you get too much.


So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.


And you learn that you really can endure…


That you really are strong


And you really do have worth…


And you learn and learn…


With every good-bye you learn.


~J.L. Borges