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little acts of kindness were often a balm for hurting hearts.
I think we’re the most honest when we’re young,” she replied brusquely. “It’s later in life we get good at lying to ourselves.”
It means facing your present reality with honesty and courage and, in the midst of it all, continuing to pursue each spark of joy, even if it is a tiny pinpoint in the darkness of your life.
I was held back by the dual pull of responsibility and regret.
we sacrifice no matter what path we choose.
“When we make a choice, we necessarily limit all the other choices. Every path narrows our options, every decision closes many other doors. Yet we make a choice hoping we’re trading all the other options for the one that will be the best.”
we must be emptied of that which fills us that we may be filled with those things which we are lacking.
“No is a good answer. Sometimes it’s better than a yes.”
Sometimes things don’t work out the way we hoped, despite our best intentions. And when they go pear-shaped, you have to let them. You can’t keep holding on, trying to redo the past and stop the bad things from happening. They happened, and you can’t change that. You can’t keep holding on to the vision of the future you imagined you’d have, the way you thought things would turn out. You have to let the present be what it is—broken, flawed, painful, but real.”
“But the thing you’ll learn if you ever have children is that each one is their own person. You can’t superimpose your own vision for their future on them. You have to let them find their own way.”
If you follow the light, no matter how dark the circumstances, things will come out right in the end.
