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.
MITCH ALBOMBecause 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.
More Mitch Albom Quotes
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The words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.
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But our eyes are different, what you see ain’t what I see.
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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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It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.
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But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.
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The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.
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Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.
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No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we’re alone.
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It’s such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.
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Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.
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I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don’t allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that’s all.
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We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.
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It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.
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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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Once heaven is done with grandma, we’d like her back, thanks.
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