“If you learn from a loss you have not lost.” ~Austin O’Malley
Two years ago I lost my grandfather. He’d been ill the last time I saw him and I knew it was coming. And yet, I was still not prepared for the depth of my grief.
“What is the cost of lies? The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all.” ~ Hannah Arendt
What is holding people back from the life that they truly want to live?
I’d say that one very common and destructive thing is that they don’t know how to stop overthinking.
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” ~ Lao Tzu.
“They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals. I say only that an abandoned child never forgets.” ~Mario Balotelli
Many of us talk about the discrepancy between a photo on social media and reality in relation to loneliness.
It doesn’t matter how you choose to live your life — whether you build a business or work a corporate job; have children or choose not to have children; travel the world or live in the same town all of your life; go to the gym 5 times a week or sit on the couch every night — whatever you do, someone will judge you for it. There will always be haters and difficult people.
I’ve had a lot of sleepless nights. Nights when I was so worried about something that had happened in the past that I let it dictate my future. We’ve all been there at some point. You’re not alone.
