With Whom You Have Laughed and Wept
“You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.” – Kahlil Gibran
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Make Up Your Mind
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
Continue reading →Real Grief, Real Joy
“I hope that when there is laughter, it’s laughter made wise by having known real grief…and when there is grief, it is made wise by having known real joy.” – Kaveh Akbar
Continue reading →Stay Close
“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” – Hafez
Continue reading →Sadness and Joy
“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.” – Nicholas Sparks
Continue reading →How Much We Give
“It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Theresa
Continue reading →When We’re Not Grateful
“Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything.” – Thomas Merton
Continue reading →Joy in the Labyrinth
“Without the errors, wrong turns and blind alleys, without the doubling back and misdirection and fumbling and chance discoveries, there was not one bit of joy in walking the labyrinth.” – William Least Heat-Moon
Continue reading →Laughing at Oneself
“One loses many laughs by not laughing at oneself.” – Mary Engelbreit
Continue reading →Gather Around the Christmas Tree
“A Christmas tree is a gathering place, where memories are made and traditions are born.”
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