Joy Ismail

“We never know what will happen next, what we will see, and what important person will come into our life, or what important person we will lose. Life is change, constant change, and unless we are lucky enough to find comedy in it, change is nearly always a drama, if not a tragedy. But after everything, and even when the skies turn scarlet and threatening, I still believe that if we are lucky enough to be alive, we must give thanks for the miracle of every moment of every day, no matter how flawed. And we must have faith in God, and in the Universe, and in a better tomorrow, even if that faith is not always deserved.” “Pino”
― Mark T. Sullivan, Beneath a Scarlet Sky

“Removing the absolute demand from the statement (the should) and recognizing that people will behave any way they choose, even when we believe they shouldn’t, will result in some lesser degree of discomfort when we don’t get what we prefer, in place of what we demand.”
― Michael Cornwall, Go Suck a Lemon: Strategies for Improving Your Emotional Intelligence