“Our feelings depend mainly on our interpretation of what is happening to us and around us—our attitudes. It is not so much what occurs, but how we define events and respond that determines how we feel. The thing that characterizes those who struggle emotionally is that they have lost, or believe they have lost, their ability to choose those behaviors that will make them happy.”
― Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
― Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
“The primary goal of parenting, beyond keeping our children safe and loved, is to convey to them a sense that it is possible to be happy in an uncertain world, to give them hope. We do this, of course, by example more than by anything we say to them. If we can demonstrate in our own lives qualities of commitment, determination, and optimism, then we have done our job and can use our books of child-rearing advice for doorstops or fireplace fuel. What we cannot do is expect that children who are constantly criticized, bullied, and lectured will think well of themselves and their futures.”
― Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
― Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
“We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.”
― Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
― Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
“The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.”
― Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
― Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
“To be happy is to take the risk of losing that happiness.”
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