There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
FRED ROGERSKnowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
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Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.
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Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.
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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
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Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
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The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
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Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
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Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.
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All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
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Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.
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You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
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The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.
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Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re “equally infinite.” Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.
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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
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There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.
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