We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we’re capable of.
There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you’re dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That’s a normal marriage.
There is an interconnectedness among members that bonds the family, much like mountain climbers who rope themselves together when climbing a mountain, so that if someone should slip or need support, he’s held up by the others until he regains his footing.
If you need a miracle, be a miracle.
I tell you, if you’re in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you’re back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you’ve got to keep moving.
People say time heals all wounds. Let me tell you, time heals nothing. You can do the wrong thing for 10 years and it doesn’t equal the right thing for one day.
I do not believe, even remotely, that you have to have a partner in your life in order to be whole, in order to be complete, in order to be fulfilled. You just don’t have to.
Relationships are truly like a garden, if you tend it, water it, weed it and feed it, it will grow into a beautiful garden. If you only go out there every few weeks to look it over for a few moments, what do you think it’s going to look like in a few months? It’s going to be a weed patch. It will disappear.
Indulgence doesn’t prepare, indulgence can cripple a child because the world won’t indulge her.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
You are only as happy as your saddest child.
This ain’t my first rodeo son!
Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively.
The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we’re so busy now.
There’s a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There’s a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.
I ask you to go back and read them over again, and this time answer Self-acceptance was the foundation of the happiest time in your life and it was the engine that powered the train.
I love life, but not everything in it. I love people, but not all of them. I love myself, but not everything about me.
Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration.
Its time for you to claim the happiness that you deserve in your life.
First, youre going to have to stop using food for anything other than nutrition. You cannot continue to use food to celebrate, or as a companion, or for entertainment, or comfort. You cannot medicate yourself, your mood, or pain with food.
If she doesn’t acknowledge what happened, then how can we trust that she is going to be different in the future?
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