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optimistic assumptions are the fastest way to become deeply disillusioned by human nature. Best to anticipate the worst and then enjoy the momentary satisfaction of having your predictions pan out.
“People make mistakes. Sometimes you just need to stay hopeful and give it time.”
“‘What is coming is better than what has gone.’”
There are days, many in fact, when I remain convinced that women cannot win. We ask for equal pay and a seat at the table, and instead we’re handed control-top pantyhose and pink wine with cupcakes on the label.
Maybe careful is overrated, and I’m just now seeing that for the first time.
The price of self-protection may, in fact, be higher than the cost of vulnerability.
“It’s okay. When I close my eyes one last time, I’m counting on us all being together again.” Each word was slow and labored, but she continued. “It’s the only way I know how to keep on living without the people I can’t live without.”
But I want you to feel free to go off and live your own life.” “Because life is to be lived,”
And I believe that. But after years of focusing on what I thought I needed to focus on, now I have to figure out what I really want.
Make life brighter!
Life is too short to be living the story someone else has told about you.”
if you’re willing to look for joy and open yourself to new possibilities, the end is not an ending at all. It’s a beginning.
every day really is a gift if we’re willing to make it so.