I saw this & instantly thought of you guys... I think a thread with some well placed words of wisdom would be a nice addition.
The size of the future you actually experience will largely be determined by one factor: people you choose to connect with. When you invite people who are truly committed to growth into every aspect of your life, your own potential for growth becomes truly unlimited. ~Dan Sullivan
formerly known as "shelbel" Me 40, stbxh 40 DSs 9, 7 & 3 M9, T10 Stbxh is a diagnosed bipolar & an addict. The end.
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. ~ Groucho Marx
Peace PEI
Holding onto anger to punish someone else, is like lighting yourself on fire to get smoke in their eyes ~ 25yearsmlc
"Be patient with all that is unsolved in your heart. Try to live the questions themselves, like locked rooms or like books that are written in a foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers; they cannot be given to you because you could not yet live them. Gradually, without even noticing it, you will find yourself experiencing the answer some distant day." Rainer Maria Rilke
M60 H52 D20 M14 yrs OW-old gf from 1986 bomb-5/18/08 H filed for D-9/10/08 D final 4/24/09 xH remarried (not OW) 2012
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." John Wooden
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. John Wayne
Where do you want to go today? Microsoft Corporation
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
The power of patience, patience will achieve more than our force.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. That is how character is built Eleanor roosevelt
Love me when I least deserve it because that's when I need it most Martin Luther King
Oh and my favourite - for when I am dithering is "JFDI" (an alternative to the Nike quote above!!) Powerful thread!
lalxx
Choose Life Me: 45 Him: 44 S:11 D:8 Met in 1992 Married in 1995 Bomb drop September 30th 2009 Divorce final April 16th 2011 exH Marries OW June 17th 2011