"My solitude has saved me"

 

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."

- Carl Jung

 

"Somewhere between having too much and too little is a place called happiness."

- Betty Hinman

"The secret to happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."

- Dan Millman

 

 

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” 

– Mark Twain

 

"Politics... is where your sadism can thrive without you actually going to prison."

 

"Aging is a privilege that's denied to many so I try not to complain."

 

"If they’re going to call killed people “unalived," I’m going to call live people “unkilled.”

 

 

"Denying mental illness because it is invisible is like arguing the wind is fake until a tornado hits."

 

The ONLY thing that endures is Love.

 

 

How many times have we thought of someone. Out of the blue. And they call. Or we run into them.

Energy cannot be destroyed, only changed to a new form. We live on.

 

 

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."

- George Harrison

Mourning Doves Mate For Life

 

 

"In the last days Evil will be good and Good will be evil."

"There are 6 drummers and it sounds like one. That’s musicality at its finest."

Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Taken from Concert For George).  

 

"Patrick seems to be an adapter, Lindsay was not an adapter. Healthy adults learn how to adapt."

“Bless the beasts and the children—

for in this world, they have no voice, they have no choice.”

 

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness

Paulo Coelho

 “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it’s lethal.” 

Forgive

 "It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive.  Forgive everybody."

- Maya Angelou

 

"Of all the instruments invented by man...the organ has to be the closest sound of heaven."

 

"Governments keep secrets NOT from enemies but from their citizens."

 

“Be careful who you let on your ship, because some people will sink the whole ship just because

they can’t be the captain.”

 

"I will not be the man who hands us the next thing we are not ready to hold."

- Warren Halloway, 1947

 

Never underestimate the capacity of people with no moral compass.

 

"Plants are God's artwork."

"You become strong when you no longer rely on external things to make you happy."

"The joy malignant narcissists feel by hurting others is incomprehensible to those of us who have a conscience."

 

"The best revenge is to be unlike those who wrong you."

- Marcus Aurelius

 

We come from spirit and we go back to spirit.

 

You are not your past; you are who you choose to become.

 

“We hurt ourselves the most when we love ourselves the least.”

 

"I've always only been truly connected to puppies & dogs!"

 

When you feel tension, tightness, resistance, even in the midst of fear, disappointment, just relax...

"You can't stop the waves from coming but you can learn to surf."

 

"Earth is the commercial. Eternity is our true reality."

"Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions.  Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, 

not comparison and measurement."

 

“I used to have a high tolerance for poor behavior, but now I have a high standard for good behavior.“

 

"Denial is how people survive life."

 

"Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

 

"Life is the great teacher."

 

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."

- Maya Angelou

 

Major Key: I get to decide what type of day I will have, not my circumstances.

 

Release whatever has already gone.

Handling His Business ❤️

Stop Answering Certain Questions

I solved this problem LONG AGO. My answer to such questions is "You go first." Yep, I do exactly that. 

My business is nobody else's business. That's why, when they ask these questions, I say... "You go first."

 

James Baldwin: "The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose."

 

"Storms make trees take deeper roots." 

 

God reconciles Everything.

 

Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.  

- Vernon Howard

 

Saying it and doing it are not the same thing.

 

The Anti-Anxiety Secret:  Silence Is Your Superpower

When good people do nothing, injustice thrives. 

 

"Her sins, which are many, are forgiven for she loved much."

                                               

This Is The Best Concert Ever

 

"If Heaven Exists, It Looks Like a Farm"

 

 

“You only get flak when you’re over the target.”

-WWII quote

 

The only constant.......is Change

 

"True worship is a matter of the heart, not geographic location."

The Sound of Silence

 

"I opted out the bar scene in my late 20s. What a waste of life."

 

"Grief is the price we pay for love." 

- Queen Elizabeth II

 

"The left-wing is connected to the same body as the right-wing."

 

JOY is a spiritual medicine.

 

“The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity, and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.”  

ERASMUS, 1509

 

Delays are not denials, they are Divine planning at work.

 

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

Albert Einstein

 "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."

The Four Essential Phrases

• "Please forgive me." – This phrase requires taking accountability for the intentional or unintentional pain you may have inflicted on others, removing pride to open the door to reconciliation. 
• "I forgive you." – Dr. Byock emphasizes that forgiveness is not about making excuses, condoning bad behavior, or forgetting the hurt. Instead, it is a generous act for yourself that allows you to accept the unchangeable past so it stops controlling your future. 
• "Thank you." – This is an expression of deep gratitude for a person’s presence in your life, acknowledging both the joy they brought and the lessons learned through your shared experiences. 
• "I love you." – Dr. Byock points out that we too often assume our loved ones automatically know how we feel. Actively speaking these words affirms a bond and ensures absolutely nothing essential is left unsaid. 

The Four Things That Matter Most 10th Anniversary Edition: A Book About Living

by Ira Byock MD, Barry Abrams, et al.

 

 

 

"Don't be limited by your intelligence."

- physicist Dr. Michael Pravica

A Drop Of Light

 

"Music is life. Sing a song you love in your head all day long and then see how your day goes. 

Really try it. It won't be the same place."

 

 

"The dumbest wish as a kid was to be grown up."

 

"Empathy is the soul’s greatest gift."

 

"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured." 

– Mark Twain

 

"For resentment only burns the one that holds it." Truer words have not been spoken.

 

"I was always told that monsters aren't real. It turns out they are, and they live in the hearts of men."

- Dr. Danny B Crain

 

"Yes, sadly we All cushion our conscience sometimes."

 

"Anything you are lacking, go get it and give it to someone else and you will now receive what you need."

 

“Earth is a classroom, not a court.”

"A mother's love is the strongest energy known to man." 

– Jamie McGuire

 

 

“Alcoholism…is not compatible with life.”

 

Human kindness doesn’t cost a thing.

 

"The opposite of depression is expression. What comes out of you doesn't make you sick; what stays in there does."

 

"The only things that we truly own are our own character and our decisions."

- Epictetus

 

"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a famous sonnet about the transience of power, telling the story of a traveler 

who describes a ruined state of a once-mighty king (Ramesses II) in the desert, whose inscription boasts of his greatness, 

but whose works have long since vanished, leaving only sand and decay...  

 

"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." 

– Harry S. Truman

 

"I believe I wouldn't have chosen to be here at this time if it wasn't going to work out."  😄 love that.

 

"I am just a point of light of pure awareness."

 

I agree that ego, pride and even fear damages so much of our lives!

 

You are an infinite being of light, so act like it and tell any evil that it has no authority over you.

Nature's Rythmn

 

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. 

- George Bernard Shaw

 

"We each have our own note in this most beautiful symphony."

For Lani

 "You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us." 

— Robert Louis Stevenson

 

“This human life we have is so precious that we absolutely must not waste it. Our very existence should be viewed as the 

ultimate gift and cherished for every second that we are able to have our eyes open, and the ability for our lungs to take 

their next breath.”

― Matthew LaCroix, The Illusion of Us: The Suppression and Evolution of Human Consciousness

 

“I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do.  Behavior never lies.”

- Winston Churchill