Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live
Empaths feel more deeply, more intensely, and more persistently than those around us. We even feel what other people are afraid to feel within themselves
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think
Remember that the greatest thing about being empathetic is that when someone accomplishes something awesome, you will feel just as awesome as if you accomplished it yourself
Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work
How starved you must have been that my heart became a meal for your ego
A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all — but loving only himself
Just like there’s always time for pain, there’s always time for healing.
Life is short. Don’t waste it with negative people who don’t appreciate you. Keep them in your heart but keep them out of your life
Intuition – once you have had a narcissist in your life, you must develop your intuition and learn to listen to it and act accordingly
Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
When you feel sad, it’s okay. It’s not the end of the world. Everyone has those days when you doubt yourself, and when you feel like everything you do sucks, but then there’s those days when you feel like Superman. It’s just the balance of the world. I just write to feel better
We don’t get to choose our family, but we can choose our friends. With courage, we can weed out narcissistic people. We can focus on those who do appreciate us, love us, and treat us with respect
When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing
When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realize that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives
I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh since there is less cleaning do to do afterward
If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far
Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something, then you have the time to do something about it
Empathy is about standing in someone else’s shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place
Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss
You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet
It’s a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it
Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world
I do believe that if you haven’t learned about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness
Maybe, the lesson we can all learn from the inner sadness of a narcissist is to see through our own fabrications, our own illusions so that we can be set free to be real once more
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today
have learned over the years that the nicest thing I can do is to just say to myself, “Good Morning Darling, I love you; we’re going to have a really great day today
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it’s been broken into a million pieces
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative you can get beyond your pain or negativity
It has been said that time heals all wounds. The truth is that time does not heal anything. It merely passes. It is what we do during the passing of time that helps or hinders the healing process
Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water
Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person
We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim
Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.
To embrace suffering culminates in greater empathy, the capacity to feel what it is like for the other to suffer, which is the ground for unsentimental compassion and love
I’ve experienced several different healing methodologies over the years – counseling, self-help seminars, and I’ve read a lot – but none of them will work unless you really want to heal
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day, saying, I will try again tomorrow
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around
If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent
Hey you, keep living. It won’t always be this overwhelming.
If you can’t fly then run; if you can’t run then walk; if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Every single day is a good day no matter how bright or dark it is because it always brings an opportunity to start a positive beginning in your life
My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present
I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn’t mean I don’t get frustrated in my life. My way of dealing with frustration is to shut down and to think and speak logically
A broken wing simply means, you have to find another way to fly. Have a wonderful day people
It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.
You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, letgo of them. I tie no weights to my ankles
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind.
You have dug your soul out of the dark, you have fought to be here; do not go back to what buried you.
Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
The greatest healing would be to wake up from what we are not
We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us
When you notice someone does something toxic the first time, don’t wait for the second time before you address it
Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe
Forget perfect on the first try. In the face of frustration, your best tool is a few deep breaths and remembering that you can do anything once you’ve practiced two hundred times. Seriously
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment
So dry your tears. Fortune has not yet turned her hatred against all your blessings. The storm has not yet broken upon you with too much violence. Your anchors are holding firm and they permit you both comfort in the present, and hope in the future
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.
A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl
[Slow breathing] is like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: The anchor won’t make the storm go away, but it will hold you steady until it passes
Frustration is a very positive sign. It means that the solution to your problem is within range, but what you’re currently doing isn’t working, and you need to change your approach in order to achieve your goal
Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful
Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything
When people pressure you to engage in negative decisions and actions, look at them boldly in the eyes and dare them to do good
Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well
Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which ones to surf
Trying to please everyone is a recipe for stress, misery, and frustration. Be yourself. It’ll be good to know who’s down with that
Emotional pain cannot kill you, but running from it can. Allow. Embrace. Let yourself feel. Let yourself heal
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.
Every day you must unlearn the ways that hold you back. You must rid yourself of negativity, so you can learn to fly
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
Until you let go of all the toxic people in your life you will never be able to grow into your fullest potential. Let them go so you can grow
The less you respond to negative people, the more powerful your life will become.
All successful people learn that success is buried on the other side of frustration
If a person finds negative people in his life, then he needs to mend his own nature than that of others, for his own basic grounding decides the level of acidic or toxicity surrounding him
You have to hurt in order to know. Fall in order to grow. Lose in order to gain. Because most of life’s lessons are learned through pain
Empathy isn’t just listening, it’s asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to. Empathy requires inquiry as much as imagination. Empathy requires knowing you know nothing. Empathy means acknowledging a horizon of context that extends perpetually beyond what you can see.
At the end of the day, tell yourself gently: ‘I love you, you did the best you could today, and even if you didn’t accomplish all you had planned, I love you anyway.
A good day is a good day. A bad day is a good story.