We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
-Mignon McLaughlin
Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.
How much suffering and fear, and how many harmful things are in existence? If all arises from clinging to the “I”, what should I do with this great demon?
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Offer your gratitude to God. Then you will feel that inside you a sweet, fragrant and beautiful flower is growing. That is the flower of humility.
He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
-Garth Stein