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Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language.

Take a moment to appreciate all that you are, have been, and who you are to become. You have come so far, have learned so much, and have done so well. Yet, you have so much distance to travel forward, so much left to experience and marvel. You’ve done a magnificent job, but get ready because there’s still so much more for you.

There is no shame it admitting you felt hurt or humiliated when someone crossed the line with you. There is no need to be afraid making people angry by setting boundaries. If they do get angry, it's not your fault.

“Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.”

“Learn to be alone and to like it. There is nothing more freeing and empowering than learning to like your own company.”

““So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.””

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”