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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed read more
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.
You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.
You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough.
You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough.
The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the read more
The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb.
Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and
fears.
Who then to frail mortality shall trust,
But limns the water, or but writes in dust.
The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good read more
The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us.
If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our read more
If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.
We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life read more
We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
When you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see read more
When you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through.
The wine of life keeps oozing drop by drop. The leaves of life keep falling one by one.
The wine of life keeps oozing drop by drop. The leaves of life keep falling one by one.
