| Thoughts, Quotes, Reflections |
| When one door closes, another opens but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has oppened. (Alexander Graham Bell) |
| When the mind is ready, a teacher appears. (a Zen expression) |
| The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth, freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love. (Eric Fromm) |
| Since love is not a thing, it is not lost when given. You can offer your love completely to hundreds of people and still retain the same love you had originally. (Leo Buscaglia) |
| Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things... and now faith, hope, and love abide; and the greatest of these is love. (I Corr 13:4-7, 13) |
| Good fences make good neighbors... (Robert Frost, Mending Walls) |
| Relationships |
| The Question of Suicide? Keep it a question. It's not really the answer. (Colgrove, Bloomfield, McWilliams) |
| Supporting Help me up my friend dust me off, feed me warmth, you are comfort. Let me lean on you until I can stand alone I will then stand taller and you will be proud to have a friend such as I. (Colgrove, Bloomfield, McWilliams) |
| Colgrove, Bloomfield, McWilliams. How to survive the loss of a Love. (1976) |
| Growth... Having weathered a crisis expect to discover... a stronger you a different you a more evolved you. You're changing and growing into a... happier you more joyful you and independent you. (Colgrove, Bloomfield, McWilliams) |
| Compassion is of little value if it remains an idea. It must become our attitude toward others, reflected in all our thoughts and actions The Dalai Lama. An Open Heart |
| harmony cooperation sharing reverence for life -- Gary Zukav |
| God and Spirit, I am hard of heart today. There is someone I cannot forgive. My own hurt blocks the way. I feel the sting of being wronged. Take this stiffness from my heart, Let me feel the joy of tenderness. Restore peace and lift the energy of grievance. Let me truly forgive as I would be forgiven. Amen Deepak Chopra. The Deeper Wound |