Living in the past is a conscious or an unconscious choice made through a connection to the past.

Love is an unconditional state of being.

The benefits of forgiveness are limitless.

Letting go of the past, is like opening the flood gates of healing to be set free.

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.

Forgiveness has the ability to transform our thoughts.

All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person.

In simple, the past is a time gone by and no longer exists in the present moment, but we choose to allow this past to occupy our minds, our bodies and our very existence.

It’s easy to love those we like, but what about those we don’t, and why would we anyways? There may be someone who doesn’t like us, yet they’re accepting of us, unconditionally loving us.Love means,...

Living in the past is like choosing to cling to a chronic illness.

People who fit don’t seek. The seekers are those that don’t fit.

The process of grieving any loss is dependent upon your relationship to the person.

The more we accept the imperfections of life, the more perfect life seems to become.

Love is a sacrificial item

To best influence someone’s behavior, be a personal example. – Be the one who points out the bright side and serves compliments rather than complaints.

Forgiveness is the intentional act or process of pardoning or offering absolution unto another.

The happier person is one, that acknowledges and accepts life won’t get any better than this.

Reading doesn’t mean accepting everything you read, it means reasoning everything you read.

When you accept fallibility within yourself you become more perfect.

You must always focus on and pursue the good, but when that darkness surges up from within, you need to know how to handle it, use it, and release it wisely, not just deny its...

I looked at her. Sheila was my girl–the girl I wanted–and wanted for keeps. But it wasn’t any use having illusions about her. Sheila was a liar and probably always would be a liar. It...

Why couldn’t he see the tragedy of what was unfolding? Was it because it was too painful, or was it because holding onto hope and dying was better than living if it meant you were...

A weed is but an unloved flower.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Search not for happiness outside yourself, for nothing could be further from the truth.

Let the water flow beneath the bridge; let men be men, that is to say, weak, vain, inconstant, unjust, false, and presumptuous; let the world be the world still; you cannot prevent it. Let every...

They say grief occurs in five stages. First there’s denial followed by anger. Then comes bargaining, depression and acceptance. But grief is a merciless master. Just when you think you’re free you realize you never...

Perfection is an illusion. Allow yourself room to make mistakes and permission to be happy regardless of outcome.

There was a lot about my life that was crappy, now that I couldn’t talk. But if I hadn’t gotten drunk that night, if I hadn’t gotten in that accident, would I have ever had...

Accept who you are and the power of your might.

And I understood why he didn’t need friends or to be accepted at our shitty racist high school, because he had his music, and that was so much better than anything we had to offer.

AcceptanceThere are things I missthat I shouldn’t,and those I don’tthat I should.Sometimes we wantwhat we couldn’t—sometimes we lovewho we could.

IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding.

Whatever happens, love that.

There was no going back to the way things were, because all you ever got was the way things are.

Without appreciation (for yourself, others and life itself) there is no growth

We are deeply conditioned against unconditionality because we’ve been told in a thousand different ways that accomplishment always precedes acceptance, that achievement always precedes approval.

If you’d called me an ox, I’d have said I was an ox; if you’d called me a horse, I’d have said I was a horse. If the reality is there and you refuse to...

A leader learned to follow, and serves the followers who are learning to lead. ~T.F. Hodge

I had embraced you…long before i hugged you.

Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction.

If you could do one thing to improve yourself today, it would be this: Rid yourself of bias. If you can do this, you can learn to listen. If you learn to listen, then you...

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome.

The Arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for peace.

As the aperture of your heart opens to love you will receive more of the light of compassion, acceptance, gentleness, grace and understanding.

There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.

Treat gain and loss the same.’ Don’t be Intimidated. Don’t make a Big Deal of anything – just accept things as they come to you.

We’re not broken. We’re not in the wrong bodies. We’re not inadequate. We’re not lesser. We’re not unwanted. We’re not fraudulent. We’re not undesirable. That’s all just a set of lies we tell to soothe...

I swear from the bottom of my heart I want to be healed. I want to be like other men, not this outcast whom nobody wants.

Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It’s about knowing and accepting who you are.