wise words from a dying man...pt. 1
Awesome quotes from a book I just read....I don't have time to get through all of them but there will be more....if you want to read the book, i swear it will change your life..."Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom...
LIFE/DEATH
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."
"Dying is only one thing to be sad over...Living unhappily is something else"
"Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it...But there's a better approach. To know that you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living...Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?' "
"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live"
LOVE/FAMILY/RELATIONSHIPS
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in...Let it come in. We think we don't deserve love, we think that if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said, 'Love is the only rational act.'"
"The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family...If you don't have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don't have much at all. Love is so supremely important...'Love each other or perish.'"
"Without love, we are birds with broken wings."
"This is part of what a family is about. not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them...Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame."
MISC.
"Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do"
"Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it"
"Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others"
"Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."
More to come.....
LIFE/DEATH
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."
"Dying is only one thing to be sad over...Living unhappily is something else"
"Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it...But there's a better approach. To know that you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living...Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?' "
"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live"
LOVE/FAMILY/RELATIONSHIPS
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in...Let it come in. We think we don't deserve love, we think that if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said, 'Love is the only rational act.'"
"The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family...If you don't have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don't have much at all. Love is so supremely important...'Love each other or perish.'"
"Without love, we are birds with broken wings."
"This is part of what a family is about. not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them...Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame."
MISC.
"Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do"
"Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it"
"Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others"
"Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."
More to come.....