Don’t be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn’t do what you do, or think as you think. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today.
If you’ve been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle, then you’re a badass with the heart of an angel.
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Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is being mean to you all the time.
Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.
So, do it. Decide. Is this the life you want to live? Is this the person you want to love? Is this the best you can be? Can you be stronger? Kinder? More compassionate? Decide. Breathe in. Breathe out, and decide.
If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
No, no, I’m not a writer but sometimes I’m so painfully nostalgic it appears that sometimes I am, where the words coming out of me must be written down, must be inked somewhere. My friend mentioned to me that it may be grief, the loss of my old self, the resurgence of someone new, at a tipping point of transformation with all the pain of changing. And I know now that she was right, that this grief pooling out of me, is now soaking into me with the afternoon winter sun. I’m drenched by this grief.
When you least expect it something great will come along. Something better than you ever planned for. Be patient. Be smart. Stay focused.
I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself.