Temporary feelings of regret are a normal part of the mourning process. This helps us retrieve our lost dreams. If we hold on to regret, we risk trapping ourselves in a prison of unrealized dreams from which it is difficult to escape.
BARBARA DE ANGELISMarriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.
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Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.
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When I look for happiness, I lose it. When I stop looking, and surrender to where I am, I find it.
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Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.
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Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth.
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No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
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The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
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All addictions have one thing in common – they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.
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It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better – all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.
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Men aren’t the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they’ve been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.
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If your day is full of little mean, dark thoughts, is it any wonder you feel crabby? Maybe it’s because you let your mind run wild like a dog putting its nose into garbage everywhere.
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No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.
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If you let your mind talk you out of things that aren’t logical, you’re going to have a very boring life. Because grace isn’t logical. Love isn’t logical. Miracles aren’t logical.
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The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
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At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, ‘I was always happy.’ Hopefully, we will be able to say, ‘I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.’
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The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.
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Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It’s a choice you make on your wedding day, and over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband.
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You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. The heart will break… but broken live on.
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when your field is architecture, you go visit the great cathedrals of the world. My field was relationships. I got married many times. I was practicing. I didn’t date much; I just would get married. I thought, why waste time?
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in all codependent relationships, the rescuer needs the victim as much as the victim needs the rescuer.
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If you don’t develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won’t be any happier when you get more.
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We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
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A lot of people don’t know what they want or they want much less than they deserve.
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When will you know you have enough, and what will you do then?
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I just want to get a Ph.D. in love.
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