Because one thing God gave us- and I’m afraid it’s at times a little too much- is freewill. Freedom to choose. I believe he gave us everything needed to build a beautiful world, if we choose wisely.
MITCH ALBOMYou can’t get stuck on what should have happened. That doesn’t help you.
More Mitch Albom Quotes
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Sharing tales of those we’ve lost is how we keep from really losing them.
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Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hold on too long.
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You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.
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I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.
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Courage is confused with picking up arms and cowardness is confused with laying them down.
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There’s a story behind everything but behind all your stories is always your mother’s story because hers is where yours begins.
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She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn’t considered the misery she might inflict.
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Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
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Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.
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Scenery without solace is meaningless.
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There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like.
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You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue.
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Death is the end of a lifetime, not the end of a relationship.
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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
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Fear is how you lose your life…a little bit at a time…What we give to fear, we take away from…faith.
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