Quotes Tagged "relationships"

Everyone knows that sadness and grief are the price of admission for the experiences of joy and connection.

Sometimes the beginnings of relationships are the hardest. People always say the beginning is the easiest, but two people trying to let their guards down and be open to intimacy can be hard too.

So we had the whole fight right then—because we had to, time running out and all. Because what if we didn’t have the whole glorious fight, and he went off to Santa Fe, and I regretted not being given this one dramatic scene that I was owed? I yelled and slammed drawers and flung myself around the room, but the whole time I knew in some kind of creepy way that I was acting out of some historical outrage rather than anything generated right there in the present catastrophe. If I had done what I really felt like doing, I would have been sitting in the corner sucking my thumb. Instead, I had to fight, I had to be madder than I felt. He sat on the side of the bed and tried to look guiltier than he felt.

Sin is not about the personal imperfection of the self. Rather, sin is any act that breaks any of the relationships God declared very good in the beginning.

Working briefly on your marriage every day will do more for your health and longevity than working out at a health club

God is not separate from us. The essence of God is in our hearts. Though we have veils between God and us on the physical level; on the level of the human body that does not mean God is separate from us.

Designer relationships are based on egalitarianism and mutuality, not on proprietary thinking. From this perspective, if people decide they will have multiple partners, the approach is the antithesis of cheating. In the conventionally monogamous model, each party owns the other (a modern variation on the more antiquated view of woman as property). In designer relationships, each party voluntarily owes the other transparency, some measure of emotional loyalty, and a determination to abide by agreements.

Hearts are broken if we are not prepared to heal ourselves

The house was quieter than usual, the sounds muffled and soft. It made her throat ache: The darkness, the kitchen, the single light. It felt like she was watching a movie of her life from an earlier era. Before Mom left, before all the trouble. Guilt twinged in Madi’s stomach. Before I took off and left Dad to deal with Sarah alone.

If you didn't yearn for something, you wouldn't be disappointed- and anyway, relationships were a waste of time.

Givers are never greedy, The Greedy never give.

But now he knew: you always sacrificed something. The question was what you sacrificed.

There are so many people more concerned with how a relationship makes them look, rather than their own personal well-being. They hide the truth, many times behind a pretty white picket fence. Appearances are their very first priority, so they hang on to the relationship despite the abuse.

Seek to build relationships that are in alignment with your dreams. Relationships that'll challenge and inspire you to grow

Tell the ones you love that you do love them before it is too late

It is in imposing my expectations on others that I birth my greatest frustrations.

The art of working with people is found in meeting them where they’re at, which means I must be willing to go where I am not.

If you want to shine like a precious gold, focus always on yourself, both inside and out.

You are the flame, not the moth. And your job is to burn with conviction.

Don't let your life goals fall victim to the allure of comfortable routines.