We didn't know each other well enough yet to risk mucking around in any real way in each other's lives.
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
Cutting negative people from my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me.
This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth.
Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.
Too often they don't realize what they have until it's gone. . . . they're too stubborn to say, 'Sorry, I was wrong' they hurt the ones closest to their hearts, and we let the most foolish things tear us apart
NVC suggests behind every action, however ineffective, tragic, violent, or abhorrent to us, is an attempt to meet a need.
It's a very easy thing to say, 'Go get a backup quarterback. ' Now tell me where to get them. You just can't dial them up.
So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.
The terrible thing about TERRORISM is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies.