I am a firm believer that one way to become enlightened is to be so relaxed, as relaxed as you possibly can be.
We all understand what we signed up for, but then again, you don't want this to be a game that puts people in wheelchairs at age 40.
Anyone can see the adversity in a difficult situation, but it takes a stronger person to see the opportunity.
Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for.
A good friend of mine once told me that each morning when you wake up, think about winning the day. Don't worry about a week from now or a month from now - just think about one day at a time. If you are worried about the mountain in the distance, you might trip over the molehill right in front of you. Win the day!
And at the time, it is funny how you can look at something and say, for example with my shoulder injury, when it first happened I said this is the worst thing that could happen to me. Why me, why now? Now I look back and say it was probably the best thing that happened to me
I can't get through the gate. The gate is narrow.
Are we using science in ways that it wasn't intended to, in which case we should be a little careful, or are we using faith in ways that faith wasn't really designed for? There are certain questions that are better answered by one approach than the other, and if you start mixing that up, then you end up in. . . conflict.
The oldest emotion in the world may be that of being moved; but to describe it-just to name it-must have been like trying to catch something invisible.
Whether we're talking about the New Deal or the Great Society: they didn't come about because they wanted to buy people off with "hush money. " They were the outcomes of struggles. They were the outcomes, in the 1930s, of a viable socialist-communist movement. They were the outcomes of a viable workers' movement. FDR didn't give in because he wanted to shut people up, he gave in because he was under pressure. He had no choice.
I'm an orphan!" Constance cried gleefully. "I'm an orphan!" ~ The Prisoner's Dilemma