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.
MITCH ALBOMI thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle the nights i can’t remember the mornings I slept thru all the time spent running from myself.
More Mitch Albom Quotes
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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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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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Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.
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Scenery without solace is meaningless.
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The words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.
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But fates are connected in ways we don’t understand.
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No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we’re alone.
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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
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Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.
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We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.
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We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.
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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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Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.
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You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.
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Have you found someone to share your heart with? Are you giving to your community? Are you at peace with yourself? Are you trying to be as human as you can be?
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