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.
BARBARA DE ANGELISIf you don’t develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won’t be any happier when you get more.
More Barbara De Angelis Quotes
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Women need real moments of solitude and self reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
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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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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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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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It is easy to be mindless in America, because dreaming of and living for a better tomorrow is the American way. … The problem is, in the second half of the twentieth century, we have gotten so good at living for tomorrow that most of us spend very little time in the present.
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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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Love and kindness are never wasted.
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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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One of the most courageous things we do is change. If everyone says you’re wonderful every time you wear a red dress, and you change to yellow, that takes courage.
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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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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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Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
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They’re basically moments in which you’re in touch with the meaning of life, when your relationship to the rest of the universe makes sense.
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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.
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When you live with constant gratitude, your life will become a living prayer.
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