Paula

“I forgot who I was. For a really long time, I forgot who I was. It looked like I knew from the outside. I even believed it myself most of the time, but by the way I was building and living my life, it’s clear I had forgotten. There are times when I wonder if things would have been better if I hadn’t made the mistakes I made, but I rarely go down that road. I’m confident that because I got lost, disconnected, and turned upside down, I was able to come out even better on the other side and experience the kind of gratitude you just can’t tap into unless you know what it’s like to live outside of your heart. Not being yourself is exhausting and breaks you down from the inside out.”
― Courtney Carver, Soulful Simplicity: How Living With Less Can Lead to So Much More

“Love is reflected in your daily choices. When you choose crappy food for lunch, that isn’t loving. Neither is choosing work over sleep or anger over gratitude. They are all choices. Not easy ones, but choices nonetheless.”
― Courtney Carver, Soulful Simplicity: How Living With Less Can Lead to So Much More

“The only way to live meaningfully is to forge new connections. As much as we want what we had in our past, we can only experience the present. Rigley was a great dog. I loved him so much. But the only way I can experience the joy he and I shared is to bond with a new dog. New connections don’t erase the past. They allow us to appreciate it. I finally understand that.”
― C.J. Washington, The Intangible

“In each loss there is a gain, As in every gain there is a loss, And with each ending comes a new beginning. —Buddhist Proverb”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, This Is Not How It Ends