Quotes About Acceptance

Tenía la idea de que al poner nombre a los problemas, estos se materializan y ya no es posible ignorarlos; en cambio, si se mantienen en el limbo de las palabras no dichas, pueden desaparecer solos, con el transcurso del tiempo

Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur.

I especially like your autumn trees, gracefully letting their leaves fall. That is how I would like to shed my own leaves in this autumn of life, easily and elegantly. Why be so attached to what we are bound to lose anyway? I suppose I mean youth, which has been so present in our conversations.

Prométeme que siempre te vas a querer a ti misma como te quiero yo, Maya

Nu suntem b?trâni pentru c? am împlinit È™aptezeci. Începem s? îmb?trânim din clipa naÈ™terii, ne schimb?m zi dup? zi, viaÈ›a e o curgere continu?. Evolu?m. Singura deosebire este c? acum suntem ceva mai aproape de moarte. ?i ce e r?u în asta? Dragostea È™i prietenia nu îmb?trânesc.

Going around in a sulk will get you nowhere. Pain is unavoidable, but suffering is optional.

Qué hacer con esta felicidad que nos llega sin motivo especial, esta felicidad que no requiere nada para existir?

Although stunned and hungry, many sang, because it would have been pointless to aggravate misfortune by complaining.

although they knew this was a mere formality. Victor felt relieved: if one lives long enough, circles close.

La Lowell wanted nothing; she lived for the day, unfettered, free, fearless; she wasn't afraid of poverty, loneliness, or infirmity. She accepted everything with good grace; for her, life was an entertaining voyage that inevitably led to old age and death. There was no point in accumulating wealth since in the end, she maintained, we all go to the grave in our birthday suit.

The poet thought this was a splendid riposte, and so accepted him on board, together with fishermen, farm and factory workers, manual laborers, and intellectuals as well, despite instructions from his government to avoid anyone with ideas.

She believed that by giving problems a name they tended to manifest themselves, and then it was impossible to ignore them; whereas if they remained in the limbo of unspoken words, they could disappear by themselves, with the passage of time.

No se puede cambiar el pasado, pero tal vez se pueden ir eliminando los peores recuerdos…

el dolor es inevitable en el paso por esta vida, pero dicen que casi siempre es tolerable si no se le opone resistencia y no se agregan miedo y angustia.

I was terrified of being dependent too, Alma," Dr. Catherine Hope told her one day. "But I've realized it's not such a big deal. You get used to it, and are grateful for the assistance. I can't dress or take a shower on my own, I have problems brushing my teeth and cutting the chicken on my plate, but I've never been more contented than I am now.

How would I run with my bad leg? And what would become of the people who need my care? Besides, it doesn't mean anything for me to be free and everyone else slaves, the healer answered. Tete hadn't thought of that, and it kept buzzing around her brain like a bottlefly. She talked about it with her godmother many times, but she was never able to accept the idea that her freedom was irreparably bound to that of the other slaves.

Un dolor así, dolor del alma, no se quita con remedios, terapia o vacaciones; un dolor así se sufre, simplemente, a fondo, sin atenuantes, como debe ser

Because I have time to spare, and for the first time in my life nobody expects anything of me. I don't have to prove anything. I'm not rushing anywhere; each day is a gift I enjoy to the fullest.

I called him Grandfather, because according to him you do not have to be of the same blood or same tribe to be a member of the same family, but in truth I should have called him Maman. He was the only mother I ever knew.

En cada ocasión debía acomodar su estado de ánimo a las exigencias del momento, pero al terminar la jornada, en el silencio de su habitación, pasaba revista a los acontecimientos y concluía que en medio del diario desafío lo más conveniente era no pensar demasiado para evitar que el miedo o la ira lo paralizaran.

Since we're going to suffer, let's clench our teeth," she said. Pain like that, pain of the soul, does not go away with remedies, therapy, or vacations; you simply endure it deep down, fully, as you should. I would have done well to follow my Nini's example, instead of denying that I was suffering and stifling the howl that was stuck in my chest.

Tenía la idea de que al poner nombre a los problemas, éstos se materializan y ya no es posible ignorarlos; en cambio, si se mantienen en el limbo de las palabras no dichas, pueden desaparecer solos, con el transcurso del tiempo.

Dicen que las mujeres muy bellas son inolvidables, espero que aprendas a vivir sin ella, aunque no la olvides.

no podía imaginar el coraje que se requiere para envejecer sin asustarse demasiado;