Shayne Neal > Quotes

“Passion isn’t everything, but everything is better with passion, especially if you have ADHD. I hope that you all find that passion about something or someone. Never stop looking for it. Once you find it, fight for it with every breath.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“ADHD is not a mental illness even though the government says it is. It is an amazing blessing if you learn how to use it and stop using it to play a victim.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“There is no such thing as quality time without quantity time. The idea that you could spend one hour a night with your children and have the same effect on them as a stay at home parent spending 12‐16 hours a day with them is pure nonsense.

The same logic works for your marriage.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Anything worth having is worth working for and waiting for.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Suicide is a dark and horrible thought that has hit very close to my life, but if we don’t talk about it, we learn nothing; and if we learn nothing, then the greatest loss in suicide is to the living.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Be content with your choices. The human heart has no room for regret. But also, don’t be afraid to not give up on love. Society tells us that it is okay to throw love away too easily. I think this makes for too many unhealthy old people.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Know your flaws and respect the people who put up with them… especially when thinking of their flaws. Invest time thinking of how your strengths can help you overcome the flaws in others before they bring out flaws in your personality.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Finding someone who captivates you like this will help you to open up so you can captivate others. Do not link this solely to physical beauty. It might just as easily be someone’s laugh, their confidence, or a voice on the telephone.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“We need to teach our children to want more and to expect more, of themselves, and others. Men need to know there is more to being a man, than just being a male, and women need to know that they do not have to accept anything less than the knight of their dreams.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Use empathy and compassion accordingly. People dealing with loss of a loved one may need your support. Probably not me, but most other people. I say probably because I cannot imagine losing my wife or any of my kids. I might need your support after all.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“My greatest recommendation is that you read some poetry. If you can’t come to terms with my prose, go with some RH Sin or Randall McNair, but read something.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Depression is significantly more serious, and everyone should be taught to recognize warning signs in school so that we are better prepared as a society, to help those who need us in the future.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Keep your heart open and always encourage creative imagination in kids. They will likely grow up soon enough and become mindless drones. Do not be a catalyst to this loss of innocence.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“May we find a way to give fresh starts to those who need them before we lose our opportunity, and our chance to be the best of what makes us human.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“If you keep finding yourself in a deeper hole, no matter what you try to do to improve your life, you need to do two things. First, stop digging. Clearly the same level of thinking that put you in the hole cannot help you escape. Secondly, seek out help from a friend who has what you want, a mentor with a vested interest in your future, or a professional who understands what you are going through.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Love is not easy, but it is worth it.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“How we overcome our fears helps us to learn and grow so we can better handle future fears. These lessons reinforce the idea that fear can be a positive quality.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“As hard as it is to say, the only lesson I have is to avoid long distance romance if possible. Find a better job at home or move your family. Long distance love can work but the effort is immense, as is the risk.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“As much fun as you can have online, always value a real friendship over something virtual. Do yourself a favor and phone, text, or message someone you haven’t seen in six months and ask if they are available for coffee or something. Challenge yourself to do this every month. Turn it into a habit and do it for the rest
of your life.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Nobody should live life without knowing someone they would give theirs for.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“I will admit that, for the most part, my poems are more Dr. Seuss than “Milk & Honey”.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“There is always a silver lining. Find it.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Don’t be one of those people who say they don’t need someone to love. Seek love out! It should be the most important goal in your life aside from your relationship with a higher power, if you believe in one.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“You don’t need me or some actor, musician, or anyone else to convince you. It starts with you choosing to believe that you can do anything you want… even write a haiku.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Live your life without thinking you have to change who you are to please someone else… and find someone who
will put up with your faults because you make it worth the effort for them.

Don’t forget to make it worth the effort.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.

“Books do nothing but raise monitors, but people who read books, change the world.”
― Shayne Neal, From Misery to Happiness: A poetic journey through love, loss, and second chances.