Quotes About Acceptance

There was nothing in common, in the way he was lying, with any of the positions I had seen him in while he was alive, until I remembered the pose by the river in which I had most wanted to kill him. He now had that same relaxed, enjoying look of belonging anywhere he happened to be, and particularly in the woods.

It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one.

Closure is bullshit.

And the influence of their peers can be utterly overwhelming. As their closest friends succumb to the trend of G.O.Y., many children feel pressured to match them for the sake of popularity and acceptance. And sadly, instead of stepping in to be the voice of reason, many parents are feeding into this cultural trend. Many

Personal meaning must be created, not accepted, and the process of creating it requires testing and experimentation. A false self will neither test nor experiment; it is a defense against experimenting.

Tis hard to live in a world where all look upon you as below them.

I try not to live in the past. But sometimes the past lives in me.

My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her.

Let things be, let yourself be, let everything be and accept it as it is. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Be content with what you have and take joy in the way things are. When you realize you have all you need, the World belongs to you.

Nothing in life has any business being perfect.

The acceptance of the gift of freedom transforms our perception of our social and political existence.

When I am old, I hope to remember sadness unequivocally.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It's astounding. Maybe they can't see or they can't hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. They're models of courage, in a strange way.

Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don't want to lose. Without time for loss, we don't have time for soul.

Fear is a huge thing for older people.

To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.

What door is opened into soul through our wounds.

If you forgive people enough, you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not - squatter's rights of the heart

they didn't think there was anything very odd in anyone being a little odd.

Learning to live with ambiguity is learning to live with how life really is, full of complexities and strange surprises..:

The "gift" of tragedy is not destruction, but humility

One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe–the assumption that if we act correctly, if we are of good heart and good intentions, things will work out. We assume a reciprocity with the universe. If we do our part, the universe will comply. Many ancient stories, including the Book of Job, painfully reveal the fact that there is no such contract, and everyone who goes through the Middle Passage is made aware of it.