She loved me coming and going, at my worst and at my best. She had a bottomless well of love for me.
MITCH ALBOMI think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.
More Mitch Albom Quotes
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We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.
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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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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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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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Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hold on too long.
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The pain we suffer is a way to make us appreciate what comes next.
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Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.
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You can’t get stuck on what should have happened. That doesn’t help you.
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People are only mean when they are threatened.
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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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All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.
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Once heaven is done with grandma, we’d like her back, thanks.
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Holding on to things only breaks your heart.
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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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Courage is confused with picking up arms and cowardness is confused with laying them down.
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