“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself – ‘I have lived through this horror, I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you can not do.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Friday my life changed – I found out I have breast cancer.
Game on.
“Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry WITH the right person, TO the right degree, AT the right time, FOR the right purpose and IN the right way — that is NOT easy.” ~ Aristotle
“I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”
~ Booker T. Washington
“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
~ Marilyn vos Savant
“A pat on the back, though only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.”
~ Bennett Cerf
“Begin acting as if what you would like to become is already your reality. This is a wonderful way to set into motion the forces that will collaborate with you to make your dreams come true.”
~ Dr. Wayne Dyer
“If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”
~Fred Rogers
“If you want to fill your hands with gold, you must first let go of the stones that you are holding.” ~ Ancient Proverb
“Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.” ~ Nathaniel Howthorne
“It’s easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It’s easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you.” ~ Jim Rohn
There are many circumstances, personally and in our society, where this quote is relevant. It’s absolutely true, as I’ve learned through my own experience.
Accept the past is behind us and be proud of the scars we have on the other side. It’s kind of a “life tattoo”.
