Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instil in us. This can be said for everything that happens in our lives. Change is the end result of all true learning. Many of us suffered hardships over the past year, so when life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. What happens in your life next will depend a great deal on what you bring to it.
The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.
We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other move through the many painful episodes of our lives. By remaining stuck in the power of our wounds, we block our own transformation. We overlook the greater gifts inherent in our wounds — the strength to overcome them and the lessons that we are meant to receive through them. Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise.
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
You just get stronger!
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instil in us. This can be said for everything that happens in our lives. Change is the end result of all true learning. Many of us suffered hardships over the past year, so when life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. What happens in your life next will depend a great deal on what you bring to it.
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