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We’re all entitled to a bad day now and again, I heard Gran say in my head. But when they are all bad days, with no pleasant ones, then it’s time to reconsider things.
It’s not your station in life that matters. It’s how you conduct yourself that counts.’
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
That’s the trouble with pain. It’s as contagious as a disease. It spreads from the person who first endured it to those who love them most. Truth isn’t always the highest ideal; sometimes it must be sacrificed to stop the spread of pain to those you love. Even children know this intuitively.
There are times in life when we must do things we don’t want to. But do them we must.
‘Vile and evil are composed of the same letters. One begets the other.’
It’s funny how when you’re feeling the impact of stress, it’s hard to appreciate the small, inspiring things around you – the birds chirping their last lullabies before puffing up for a night’s sleep, the cotton-candy sky as the sun sets, the fact that you’re on your way home and unlike every other day for the last several months, when you open your front door, there will be a friend there waiting for you.
Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.
My truth is not the same as yours because we don’t experience life in the same way.
The longer you live, the more you learn. People are a mystery that can never be solved. Life has a way of sorting itself out. Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.
