Michele

“I want to feel deeply, and whenever I am brokenhearted I emerge more compassionate. I think I allow myself to be brokenhearted more easily, knowing I won't be irrevocably shattered [p. 59]”
― Sylvia Boorstein, It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness

“Life is painful, suffering is optional.”
― Sylvia Boorstein PhD

“All losses are sad. The end of an important relationship is also a death. When people fall out of love with each other, or when what seemed like a solid friendship falls into ruin, the hope for a shared future--a hope that provided a context and a purpose to life--is gone. [p. 149]”
― Sylvia Boorstein, Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

“... change and loss and sadness and grief are the shared lot of all human beings ... we are all making our way from one end of life to the other hoping--for whatever intervals of time we can manage it--to feel safe and content and strong and at ease. [p.40]”
― Sylvia Boorstein, Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life