“The important thing is not what one is born with but what use one makes of that equipment.” You want to be Y or someone else because you are utterly focused on what you were born with. Instead, you’ve got to focus on what you can make of
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“Thus, the marriage counselor tells us, the husband should “understand” his wife and be helpful. He should comment favorably on her new dress, and on a tasty dish. She, in turn, should understand when he comes home tired and disgruntled, she should listen attentively when he talks about his business troubles, should not be angry but understanding when he forgets her birthday. All this kind of relationship amounts to is the well‑oiled relationship between two persons who remain strangers all their lives, who never arrive at a “central relationship,” but who treat each other with courtesy and who attempt to make each other feel better.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. —Siddhartha Gautama Buddha”
― Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness
― Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness
“She wants to see you.” It’s like the mafia, thought Fat Charlie. A postmenopausal mafia. “She’s going to make me an offer I can’t refuse?”
― Anansi Boys
― Anansi Boys
“There were at least fifty other people in the bank. Surely someone deserved getting shot more than I did.”
― The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel Success and Performance at Work
― The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel Success and Performance at Work
“Cinderella is taught to wait in the kitchen for a guy with the right shoe! Snow White is given the message that if she waits long enough, her prince will come. On a literal level, that story tells women that their destiny depends on waiting for a necrophile (someone who likes to kiss dead people) to stumble through the woods at the right time. Not a pretty picture!”
― Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child
― Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child
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