I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.
MITCH ALBOMBecause 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.
More Mitch Albom Quotes
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The secret to happiness be satisfied and be grateful.
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There is no such thing as ‘too late’ in life.
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When you come to the end, that’s where God begins.
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People are only mean when they are threatened.
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Remember, the only difference between ‘marital’ and ‘martial’ is where you put the ‘i’.
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But fates are connected in ways we don’t understand.
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Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.
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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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I 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.
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What’s wrong with being number 2?
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Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.
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She loved me coming and going, at my worst and at my best. She had a bottomless well of love for me.
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The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.
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You knew me. You knew that person, but you don’t know the person I’m trying to become… You are not your past!
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Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.
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