Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward

and learning to enjoy whatever life has

and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

St. John Chrysostom

Sometimes when you are in a dark place,

you think you have been buried,

but have actually been planted.

One of the marks of excellent people is

that they never compare themselves with others.

They only compare themselves with themselves

and with their past accomplishments and future potential.

Brian Tracy

Don't think too much.

You will create a problem

that wasn't even there in the first place.

Finally at the end of that long, rainy, glorious day,

I turned out the lights and fell into bed.

At first there was too great a buzz of things still to be done in my head,

but at last I could listen, first to the silence, and then, through it,

to the infinite number of sounds an old house contains in the night.

All these sounds together made the house feel like a ship.

I did not know where the ship would take me, but I knew it was snug and beautiful,

and I know that it's passenger was both inwards and outwards bound.

Mary Sarton

After a while you learn the subtle difference between

holding a hand and chaining a soul

and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning

and company doesn't always mean security.

And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts

and presents aren't promises

and you begin to accept your defeats

with your head up and your eyes ahead

with the grace of woman, not the grief of a child.

And you learn to build all your roads on today

because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans

and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much

so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul

instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure

you really are strong

you really do have worth

and you learn and you learn

with every goodbye, you learn...

Veronica A. Shoffstall

Kim Ji Hyuck

She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and she laughs without fear of the future.

Proverbs 31:25

promettimi che eviterai mediocri vie di mezzo

accomodanti e che non soddisfano

concilianti e che non ti appartengono

la fortuna abbraccia gli audaci e non è pura coincidenza

se avrai calma e lucidità

non subirai il fascino di comode scelte

se avrai buon senso e volontà

trascurerai l'abitudine per metterti in gioco

cambio stagione

... and she smiles ...

Sun Mi Shin

A lot of the pain that we are dealing with

are really only thoughts.

Pure Thougths by Caroline Havers

Ho sempre amato la vita.

Chi ama la vita non riesce mai

ad adeguarsi, subire, farsi comandare.

Oriana Fallaci

Tatyana Ilieva