What’s wrong with being number 2?
MITCH ALBOMAnger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.
More Mitch Albom Quotes
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In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.
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Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
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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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Holding on to things only breaks your heart.
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I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle the nights i can’t remember the mornings I slept thru all the time spent running from myself.
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When you’re rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even those you love.
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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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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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Death: the only true emotion felt in an apathetic world.
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This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It’s knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.
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Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don’t assume that it’s too late to get involved.
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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.
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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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