Quotes About Reflection

grieving, when we miss our loved ones even more than usual. How can you celebrate togetherness when there is none? When you have lost someone special, your world loses its celebratory qualities. Holidays only magnify the loss. The sadness feels sadder and the loneliness goes deeper. The need for support may be the greatest during the holidays. Nevertheless

Are we all destined to die as failures? Just

el sentido del sufrimiento es éste: todo sufrimiento genera crecimiento.

Mis pacientes moribundos me enseñaron mucho más que lo que es morirse. Me dieron lecciones sobre lo que podrían haber hecho, lo que deberían haber hecho y lo que no hicieron hasta cuando fue demasiado tarde, hasta que estaban demasiado enfermos o débiles, hasta que ya eran viudos o viudas. Contemplaban su vida pasada y me enseñaban las cosas que tenían verdadero sentido, no sobre cómo morir, sino sobre cómo vivir.

Dios mío, dame la serenidad para aceptar las cosas que no puedo cambiar, el valor para cambiar las que puedo cambiar, y la sabiduría para discernir entre ambas.

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth—and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up—that we will begin to live each day to the fullest.

Se crece si no se esconde la cabeza en la arena sino que se acepta el sufrimiento intentando comprenderlo, no como una maldición o un castigo sino como un regalo hecho con un fin determinado.

acknowledging all that has been lost and learning to live with that loss. It would be too soon for Keith to be able to accept this situation. He can acknowledge the reality of the loss

Ser infeliz y sufrir es como forjar el hierro candente, es la ocasión que nos es dada para crecer y la única razón de nuestra existencia.

Los que recuerdan los sueños saben que muchas de nuestras preguntas encuentran allí una respuesta

Dios mío, dame la serenidad para aceptar las cosas que no puedo cambiar, el valor para cambiar las que puedo cambiar, y la sabiduría para discernir entre

Somos culpables de haber destruido muchos dones de la naturaleza y de haber perdido toda espiritualidad.

La única manera como podemos encontrar la paz es dejar que el pasado sea el pasado.

Learning life's lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself.

They explained their concerns and she said, "I feel a kind of isolation that you'll never be able to understand. What you see is a mere fraction of what's happening inside, but at least my inner and outer worlds are reflecting each other. You wouldn't want me to throw worlds off balance, would you?

Facing death means facing the ultimate question of the meaning of life. If we really want to live we must have the courage to recognize that life is ultimately very short, and that everything we do counts.

Perhaps tragedies are only tragedies in the presence of love, which confers meaning to loss.

Earth's crammed with heaven... But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.

I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had flung A shadow across me.

I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was thinking, doing this, about the old ways of gratitude: Indians thanking the deer they'd slain, grace before supper, kneeling before bed. I was thinking that gratitude is too much absent in our lives now, and we need it back, even if it only takes the form of acknowledging the blue of a bowl against the red of cranberries.

I felt myself trapped in line for a ride I was not nearly ready for, looking back but moving forward in the only direction I could go.

But in spite of my great desire for intimacy, I've always been a loner. Perhaps when the longing for connection is as strong as it is in me, when the desire is for something so deep and true, one knows better than to try. One sees that this is not the place for that.

I remove my wedding rings and put them in the jewelry box. So many others have done this. I am not the only one. I am not the only one. But here, I am the only one.

You know before you know, of course. You are bending over the dryer, pulling out the still-warm sheets, and the knowledge walks up your backbone. You stare at the man you love and you are staring at nothing; he is gone before he is gone.