Quotes About Acceptance

I realized that aging gracefully was less about grace and more about strength. I had to toughen up.

The hardest thing to find is peace, though it lay in plain view

But what was I but a scared child lost in a strange world? How could I replace all that been lost? Where was my place in the world?

Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad to get what you need.

No matter how many times the world had attempted to show me how special I was, I had always remained sure that it was all a hoax, that I really wasn't special after all. That I had nothing to offer.

As exciting, difficult, and memorable as our past can be, there comes a time when we have to get on with living.

I am master of my fate," proclaims the proud man. Yet he does not see that he cannot number his days, neither can he make one hair black or white. His wrinkles come in, his teeth go out, and time will bend him ever downward. His brokenness grows as he fashions his Ebenezer-like chains, a link at a time. He does not see or perceive that Jesus would melt all those links away, if he would only believe.

You don't get over sorrow; you work your way right to the centre of it.

It's horrible being laughed at,' he said. 'People say you should be a good sport and get used to it, but the laughter never seems friendly and one never gets used to it. Or I don't.

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.

But, Pat, that's not me. I told you, I loved these guys. I'm not ashamed for being gay. I don't hate gays. I didn't mutilate their bodies. I was careful and precise when I cut into them because I wanted to keep parts of them with me. Mutilation had nothing to do with it. I simply needed a way to dispose of the remains when I was finished.

Recall that improv is about accomplishing a shared goal. This requires flow, working together, and accepting what other people bring to the table regardless of what it is. That's the essence of "Yes, AND…" and the opposite of "Yes, BUT…

En el espíritu de Jung, la actitud más útil y curativa a adoptar cuando se trata de la sombra es una de amor y aceptación. Sé curioso pero amable. Tu objetivo al identificar la (posible) sombra de alguien no es atraparlos, hacer que se les acerque o descubrir un botón que puedas presionar para tu propio beneficio.

Después de todo, generalmente es en la infancia cuando aprendemos qué partes de nosotros son aceptables y cuáles no, y, por lo tanto, es el momento de comenzar a construir nuestra sombra y dar forma a nuestra personalidad consciente. Hacer el «trabajo del niño interior» suena un poco por ahí, pero en realidad no es tan distinto de reconocer y acoger delicadamente el aspecto de la sombra.

The best way for a person to live, according to Taoism, is to submit to whatever life brings and be flexible.

If a person adapts to the changes in life easily, that person will be happy;

if you give them the opportunity to create a three-dimensional identity for themselves, you might find aspects of them that you actually enjoy or admire—or at least defensible justification for why they are the way they are.

I know who you are. I love you. I love everything about you that hurts.

Larry: She doesn't want to be happy. Dan: Everybody wants to be happy. Larry: Depressives don't. They want to be unhappy to confirm they're depressed. If they were happy they couldn't be depressed anymore. They'd have to go out into the world and live. Which can be depressing.

Dan: You've ruined my life. Anna: You'll get over it.

I'm afraid the truth is you're putting yourself in for plenty of disappointment if you expect people to hang around for very long in this life!

which encouraged a general sense of fellowship in the chaotic shipwreck that is old age.

Aucune folie n'est assez profonde pour vous exclure de la communauté des fumeurs.