Tag - quotes about life

I hate to be cryptic instead of concrete but this time I need to be, to protect those involved.  For several months I have been ruminating over something, wasting my energies.  I was investing emotional currency into a situation I could only speculate about and it was unhealthy, draining and unproductive. Then recently, a turn of events shed light onto the whole deal and things seemed to make sense…the reactions or lack thereof, avoidances and interactions that I tried to dissect came together to form a picture different from what I mentally painted.  What a relief it was to have…

I came across this quote the other day from one of my favorite comediennes: If you are creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think. ~Kristen Wiig And not even a week prior I tuned in to an episode of the tv show Glee on in-flight entertainment.  Not being privy to the goings-on at McKinley High, the premise was out of context but a statement by Idina Menzel’s character to daughter Rachel was not: No one achieves success by playing it safe. I may not have her words exactly right but that was the gist of her message.  And…

A friend on Facebook posted this sad yet beautiful quote recently and I couldn’t get it out of my head.  We have all suffered loss, or if we haven’t we will at some time.  The loss can be a death in the family, a breakup, or having to give up a pet.  In any circumstance of a loss, this quote embodies guidance, reassurance and hope: “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around…