My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.
BRAD MELTZERIn this life, y’ever notice that you face the same challenges again and again? We all do. They’re challenges to your soul. We repeat them until we face them and master them. Yes we all have free will, but there’re divine patterns out there, and the battle is to see them.
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But to me, the most important page in my daughter’s book is the last one – because it’s blank. It says, “Your Hero’s Photo Here,” and, “Your Hero’s Story Here.”
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Don’t go to eighth grade…don’t talk about something old…don’t bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.
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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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Today, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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Here’s what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends.
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There’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.
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I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight lifting, then back to biking. The moment it feels like a rut, I switch and search for a new love. It’s like having a midlife crisis, but without the new wife or cheesy BMW.
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So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that’s nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.
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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life – no matter how impossible it seems – you need to fight for it.
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A little threat of evil is always the far better way to fill the seats. But sometimes the monsters aren’t who we think they are.
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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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