That Is Life. Quotes
Boomerang arrow, Kate -- It comes back to you in the end. Boomerang. Respect it.
In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay
Suddenly I've become so restless that I'm capable of saying "That is enough" and ending what I'm writing you, which is based mostly on blind words.
So much of what we read and write these days is disposable.
Reagan is described as "delivering Barry Goldwater's doctrine with John F. Kennedy's technique.
Understanding what is being said is only a fraction of the task of communicating. Taking in signals from the entire context is critical.
If you don't know the question, you are not ready for the answer.
Rather than communicating blame communicate your standards for proper future treatment.
Be a believer in true love. Seek deep communication with others and with yourself.
not responding verbally isn't necessarily being passive. we are communicating on many levels simultaneously
Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.
We are leashed by societal norms, defined by our willingness to conform, but limited only by our imagination.
Live life as an observer but not a spectator. Learn the rules, get in the game, break some rules. Live. Experience. There is no exhilaration to be achieved sitting on the bench.
Walk away from gossip and verbal defamation. Speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.
We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place.
Sometimes we have to inspire and encourage ourselves, through our personal narrative. And we start with what we know.
...it is often more difficult to remember to be mindful than to be mindful itself. (p. 47)
Breathe out unwanted thoughts with your exhale and re-focus your attention directly on what is important right now, at this moment.
Through it all, we attempt to bring balance to the present moment, understanding that in patience lies wisdom, knowing that what will come next will be determined in large measure by how we are now.
Create inclusion - with simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from your own.
...mindfulness - it isn't a trick or a gimmick. It's being present in the moment. When I'm with you, I'm with you. Right now. That's all. No more and no less.
...story is a powerful stimulant with tremendous influence over how we think and act. Like meth, only safer.
Everything from the humble woodlouse to specks of dust moving through a ray of sunlight. Each tells a story.
Our story begins at home, but it doesn’t have to end there.
That story you're scared to share --- that story has the power to change both your life and the lives of others.
...I wondered about the story we were writing and wanted even more to write a better story for myself, something that leaves a beautiful feeling even as the credits roll.
God is the story nature tells to those who are listening.
Always give everything 110 percent. It's the extra 10 percent that everyone remembers.
I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for what I and they contribute.
Acceptance.Good and bad, Fortune and misfortune, Pleasure and pain, I want it all, Because it's mine.
The more we accept the imperfections of life, the more perfect life seems to become.
Accept that you will not always deal with situations with polished sophistication but trust that you have the power and exercise the will to improve how you cope.
The Arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for peace.
Do what you can to help people but have the wisdom to accept your limits.
When you accept fallibility within yourself you become more perfect.
When you accept that there is no success greater than inner-peace and contentment, you instantly qualify yourself for more success.
Begin accepting the gift now, and have every beautiful and good thing in life — and then share.
Accepting conflict brings you closer to knowing peace.
You unlock the door to greater levels of excellence and success when you accept who you are. It is from the point of acceptance that we can create a masterful life.
When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me.
A new novel awaits my arrival, prepares for my careful inspection. Yet a novel is always a long dream that lives in me for years before I know where to go to hunt it out.
Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them.
The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ignored, or killed, but not indulged.
I am happiest sitting against a tree, with my notebook or sketchpad on my knee, capturing the moment.
When sitting down to write a letter, it always pays to calm one’s mood, collect one’s thoughts, and have a plan.
Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres.