Wise Words

[Michelle G]

"The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself."
—   
Mark Twain


so true

[jainie marlena]

where did you find that?

[Michelle G]

I just stumbled across it on my Facebook page, thought it fits here quite well.

So many good Mark Twain quotes....old Sam was very wise

[Cindy]

I did post somewhere else, that there is a book about what terminally ill people reported as being the most important things that they hadn't done in their lives. Number one was not being true to yourself.

Terminally ill people were selected in hospices as they felt comfortable talking about their opinions, and they were not exploring their illness, just the general things in life.

Others were working too hard. Not spending time with their children,. Not spending time with their spouse. Taking life too seriously.

Pretty well sums it up.

[Adrasteia]

I love Twain -

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

He also has one of the best birth dates. 

[madirocks]

Fabulous quote, and just what I needed to read. Thank you!

[Brooke777]

"The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity"  Proverbs 11:3
I think this tells us that we need to be true to who we are, so that we are not destroyed by trying to be someone else.

[Michelle G]

I think this tells us that we need to be true to who we are, so that we are not destroyed by trying to be someone else"

yes...like trying to act like a boy your whole life because it was "easier" for others to deal with you......  Sometimes I am so ashamed of myself for doing that

[Brooke777]

I feel the same way.

[jainie marlena]

well it is on my facebook now

[Michelle G]

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
   
Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Brooke777]

Emerson was very wise with this statement.

[Michelle G]

its interesting how we can relate to statements made in a long ago era!

perhaps our dilemma is timeless

[Constance]

"Sadness and joy often hold hands." -- Rev. Jerri Handy, 7 April 2012

The above was when Rev. Handy was checking on me to see how I holding up with my divorce and transition.

[Sephirah]

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world." ~ Buddha

[Michelle G]

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world." ~ Buddha

very nice

[Michelle G]

From day to day
just letting it ride
you get so far away
from how it feels inside
You can't let go
cause you're afraid to fall
till the day may come
when you can't feel at all

Garcia, Hunter

From the beautiful song "Comes a Time" by the Grateful Dead..... I honestly can not listen to this song without tears in my eyes, it has haunted me for many many years

[Brooke777]

That is...wow.

[Brooke777]

I love "Te Cave" by Mumfoord and Sons.  You can see the lyrics at:
http://www.lyricsmania.com/the_cave_lyrics_mumford_and_sons.html

[Amazon D]

When we are trying to tell someone else something we are usually the ones who need to hear it !

If what i say speaks to you then so be it, but it is mostly meant for me !

The words i say to others, hopefully are heard by myself !

I told you, so, but i never listened !

anonymous