Going Forward

Value integrity, eat well, and say "no" to things you truly are not interested in. 

Sleep in. Dream. Forgive. Count blessings.

Walk in Nature and smile while doing it -- it's the best antidepressant EVER!!

Practice Love, Peace, and Happiness.

"Where there’s an end, there’s a beginning. And with every beginning comes new adventures."

Our Beautiful Earth!

"There's not much out there to hold on to to save each other and even then we only have a small window.  Don't waste time doing anything other than loving."

"You can never know how many lives you’ve touched, so just know it’s far more than you think. Even the tiniest acts of love, kindness, and compassion can have a massive ripple effect."

In Memoriam

"Soul doesn't have a fear of dying," he said. "Ego has very pronounced fear of dying. The ego, this incarnation, is life and dying. The soul is infinite."

- Ram Dass

“Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal, and necessary.” 

❤️ "Like the grinch....may your heart grow three sizes this Christmas." ❤️

"Kindness is never out of style."

"I love being alone! piece and quiet, no drama, no BS..no complaining..its the best! = FREEDOM!!"

"I love being alone! piece and quiet, no drama, no BS..no complainingits the best! = FREEDOM!

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” 
― Coco Chanel

"Always remember you that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."

- Margaret Mead

"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." - Proverbs 23:7

“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom."

- Edward O. Wilson

“The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise for the world that we are privileged, in this complex interval of light, to witness and experience.” 

— John Updike

"We're all just walking each other home."

“The days are long but the years are short.”

“Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under!” 

~C. JoyBell

"The Dunning-Kruger effect (also known as Mount Stupid[1] or Smug Snake[2]), named after David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University, occurs where people fail to adequately assess their level of competence — or specifically, their incompetence — at a task and thus consider themselves much more competent than everyone else. This lack of awareness is attributed to their lower level of competence robbing them of the ability to critically analyse their performance, leading to a significant overestimation of themselves. In simple words it's 'people who are too ignorant to know how ignorant they are'."

"I never feel so alone as when I’m in a crowd or a room full of people—(time to withdraw and view the universe from my own private space)....then when nerves resettle to a tolerable level, I may venture back toward civilization again."

"We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right.” ― George Orwell

“I wonder how much of what weighs me down is not mine to carry.” 

~Aditi

"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth."

                                                      - Plato

"Liars cover up lies with more lies and then more after that. If someone lies about one thing the law says you throw out their entire testimony. That sounds right."

"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil:  God will not hold us guiltless.

     Not to speak is to speak.

     Not to act is to act."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” 

“A lot of things broke my heart but fixed my vision.”

“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch, but in its own wings. Always believe in yourself.”  

“Understanding is love’s other name. If you don’t understand you can’t love.” 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

“A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.”
― Daniel Wallace

"Do not listen to what people say, but watch what they do, and that will let you know who they are."

"only the boring....get bored"

"Not only does stress cause disease in the organs, hate does too."

"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder, than one closed by belief."

"We don't have a soul~

We are a soul~

We have a body~" 

C.S.Lewis

“For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.” 

~Rainer Maria Rilke

"Anything you can’t control in life is teaching you how to let go."

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.  Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?”

― Brian Tracy

"Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome."

"It feels good to be accepted, loved, and approved of by others, but often the membership fee to belong to that club is far too high of a price to pay.” 

~Dennis Merritt Jones

"There are no ordinary people."

“The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.” 

~ Barbara De Angelis

"If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” 

~Ajahn Chah

“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” -John Muir

Just because you think it doesn't make it so.

"Forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they're sorry and an even stronger person to forgive." 

“The truth is, I was there for 6 years," he explained. "I really started seeing things weren’t normal in the first year. And I started ... I wear shame and guilt," he confessed. Because you know what? When you allow money to dictate your moral consciousness, you’ve lost all idea of moral consciousness. It’s not about the money. It can’t be.”

Note to Self:  Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person even mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of different perspectives?  Because if not, there’s absolutely no point.

"You only see in others what you have in yourself.” 

~ Annette Noontil

"Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.” 

~Epictetus

"Blessed are the flexible,

For they don't Break."

“Our relatedness with other living forms provides us something we sorely need: a reverence for the life of all creatures great and small, and an expanded view of our place in nature–not as rulers over it, but as participants in it.”  ❤️

― Larry Dossey, M.D., Recovering the Soul:  A Scientific and Spiritual Approach

“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” 

-Jennifer Lee

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our hearts, we still cling to anything—anger, anxiety, or possessions—we cannot be free.” 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Contentment is greater than success."

"If you have nothing to be grateful for, check your pulse.” 

"Beauty is not what's outside, it's who you are.  What's inside is your true essence, and beauty comes from within.  It's pure energy."

"Glimpses of love and joy or brief moments of deep peace are possible whenever a gap occurs in the stream of thought.” 

~Eckhart Tolle

"Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.” 

"He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven." 

- George Herbert

"Let go of anger, guilt and hatred. Look for common ground between yourself and others...not build walls. Be imperfect as everyone else is..."

Common advice from people who are doing well at 100 is to "Decide to be content." Others say, "Don't chase happiness. Just be satisfied."

“In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change lies our happiness and freedom.” 

~Buddha

Only Love Endures

"Sadly, delusion is the slowest burning fuel."

"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.’” 

~Jon Kabat-Zinn

“Be the person who breaks the cycle. If you were judged, choose understanding. If you were rejected, choose acceptance. If you were shamed, choose compassion. Be the person you needed when you were hurting, not the person who hurt you."

"Your greatest success is on the other side of your fear!"

"I don't have many failures....

If I make a cake and it fails it becomes a pudding."

"Good things take time."

“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.”

- Carl Jung

"The man with an experience is not at the mercy of the man with an argument."

“Forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time. Forgive yourself for giving away your power. Forgive yourself for past behaviors. Forgive yourself for the survival patterns and traits you picked up while enduring trauma. Forgive yourself for being who you needed to be.” 

~Audrey Kitching

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

- Warren Buffett

“You have no friends. You have no enemies. You only have teachers.” 

~Ancient Proverb

“If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.” 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Lacordairie, 19th century theologian, said it best:

“It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.”

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Verified

"Life is fragile and heartbreaking. It turns upside down in a minute. Love your children, hold them tight. Love your family, hold them close. Love your friends, keep them near. Be gentle with others, as so many are fragile and struggling. Actually, I think it’s best to assume everyone is struggling, so treat everyone with love, tenderness, and compassion."

"Never assume that loud is strong and quiet is weak.” 

~Unknown

"George Bernard Shaw said in 1933:  

'Earth must be the insane asylum of the entire Universe.' "

"Every little action there's a reaction."

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

 ~Thich Nh