“ “It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.” Nhat Hanh There is no permanence in adult relationships. (Read that again.) In every adult relationship, there are two adult human beings that...
“What hurts us is what heals us.” Paulo Coelho What’s your go-to when you’re in pain? Retaliation? Hybernation? Exploration? When we’re feeling the emotion of anger, we often reach for retaliation. Retaliation is when we get punched, we punch back (literally and...
“All blame is a waste of time…The only thing blame does is keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won’t succeed...
“What you see reflects your thinking, and your thinking but reflects the choice of what you want to see.” A Course in Miracles She had gotten involved emotionally with someone a long, long time ago. It hadn’t ever become a physical affair, but even all these years...
“We either live with intention or exist by default.” Kristin Armstrong She and her husband were getting ready for their trip to Italy to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. It was a trip of a lifetime that she should be excited about; but she wasn’t. They had...