There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like.
MITCH ALBOMI give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don’t allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that’s all.
More Mitch Albom Quotes
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We cannot stop what Heaven chooses.
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All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.
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The words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.
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Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.
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You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue.
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The news of life is carried via telephone. A baby’s birth, a couple engaged, a tragic car accident on a late night highway – most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of a ringing.
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Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
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What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next. It is still unwritten.
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The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
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But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.
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Because one thing God gave us- and I’m afraid it’s at times a little too much- is freewill. Freedom to choose. I believe he gave us everything needed to build a beautiful world, if we choose wisely.
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We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.
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Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.
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We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.
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There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.
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