The Little Simplicities

Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.

Rest tonight. Fight harder tomorrow .

I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.

Stop using yourself as a punchbag; start loving and appreciating who and what you are.

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. -Unknown

Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance.

You may see me struggle but you’ll never see me quit.

We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

First, say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.