Today's dailyrumi resonates with me:

In battle the cowardly out of fear for their lives
have chosen the means of retreat,
while the courageous, also from fear of their lives,
have charged toward the ranks of the enemy.
Heroes are borne onward by their fear and pain;
from fear, too, the human being of weak spirit dies within.-- Mathnawi IV:2917-2919 ( Read more... )

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born

-Anais Nin

"Soon after a hard decision something inevitably occurs to cast doubt. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves the decision."

-R.I. Fitzhenry

"Without risk, faith is an impossibility."

-Soren Kierkegaard

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly
-- Chuang Tse

"Why do you wonder that globe-trotting does not help you, seeing that you always take yourself with you? The reason which set you wandering is ever at your heels."

-Socrates (470? - 399 B.C.)

To keep my mind off my pre-PT nerves

What is your favorite quote....
1) ... on family? "Family should be about more than just who you're related to by blood... it should be about who you're related to by heart, too." - My chosen dad

2) ... on relationships? (marriage, friendships, etc) "True friends are two people who are comfortable sharing ( Read more... )

"If you're dedicated, if it's something that lives and breathes in your heart, then you've simply got to go ahead and do it."

-- Rodney Crowell, singer and songwriter

"nothing heals a broken heart like an ex with a stupid haircut"

Oh, so very true.

Lovingly taken from just_yoo's journal

( I feared... until... )