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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.

Fred Rogers

The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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Gift Honesty Positive
One of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.
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Evil Forgiveness Teacher
When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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Feeling Overwhelming Scary Talk Upset
You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.
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Be Yourself Positive Special
All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
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Candle Giving Inspirational Light
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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Kind Kindness Positive Success Ultimate
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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Birthday Convince Ground Old People Space Try Understand
Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.
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Clue Human Being Perfection Situation
People have said ‘don’t cry’ to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is ‘I’m too uncomfortable when you show feelings.
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Cry Emotional People Uncomfortable
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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Ability Achievement Confidence Kindness Oneself Optimism Patience Relationship Requirement Tolerance
Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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Different Loneliness Solitude
The people we trust with important talk can help us know that we are not alone.
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Alone Friendship Help People Trust
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.
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Freedom Growth Life Normal Pain Problem Wrestling
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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Capacity Forgiveness Life Live Root Skill
Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.
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Difference Life Love Space Trust World
Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
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Acceptance Active Love Noun Perfection Person She Strive Struggle

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