Susan Zola

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. – Aristotle

A wise person knows that there is something to be learned from everyone.

Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is. – Mandy Hale

Fullfillment is what we really want. Pleasure is what we think we want.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. – John F. Kennedy

Opinion is really the lowest form of human Knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding. – Bill Bullard

It’s easy to judge. It’s more difficult to understand. Understanding requires compassion, patience, and willingness to believe that good hearts sometimes choose poor methods. Through judging, we separate. Though understanding, we grow. – Doe Zantamuta

Everybody has gone through something that has changed them in a way that they could never go back to the person they once were.

As you are shifting, you will begin to realize that you are not the same person you used to be. The things you used to tolerate have now become intolerable. Where you once remained quiet, you are now speaking your truth. Where you once battled and argued, you are now choosing to remain silent. You are beginning to understand the value of your voice and there are some situations that no longer deserve your time, energy, and focus.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone. – Maya Angelou

Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love. – Erich Fromm

People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why this world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used. – Dalai Lama

Love is based on your capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear…to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.

The truest form of love is how you behave toward someone, not how you feel about them. – Steve Hall

Your words mean nothing when your actions are the opposite. – The Buddha

A mistake repeated more than once is a decision. – Paulo Coelho

We repeat what we don’t repair. – Christine Langley Obaugh

Pain serves a purpose. Without it, you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of. – Rebecca Solnit

Stop expecting loyalty from people who can’t even give you honesty.

Until a man heals himself, he’ll be toxic to every woman who tries to love him.

I’m starting to remember who I was before you convinced me I was worthless.

Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not. – Paulo Coelho

May I accept myself as I am. May I be loving. May I be peaceful. May I be happy. May I be well. May I be safe. May I be free from suffering. May I meet the suffering and ignorance of others with compassion.

You have permission to rest. You are not responsible for fixing everything that is broken. You do not have to try and make everyone happy. For now, take time for you. It’s time to replenish.

Brain at 3 am: I can see you are trying to sleep, so I would like to offer you a selection of every memory, unresolved issue, or things you should have said or done today, or in the past 40 years!

You may not be able to control every situation or outcome, but you can control your attitude and how you deal with it.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. – Jack Koenfield

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others. – Brene Brown

We all have inner demons to fight. We call these demons “fear” and “hatred”, and “anger”. If you don’t conquer them, then a life of a hundred years…is a tragedy. If you do, a life of a single day can be a triumph. – Yip Man

Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We only see the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other. – Thich Nhat Hanh

Love is our true nature, but it’s covered over by a protective layer of fear. – Jack Kornfield

F.E.A.R. has two meanings- Forget everything and run or Face everything and rise. The choice is yours.

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.

I had my own notion of grief. I thought it was the sad time that followed the death of someone you love. And you had to push though it to get to the other side. But I’m learning there is no other side. There is no pushing through. But rather, there is absorption. Adjustment. Acceptance. And grief is not something you complete, but rather you endure. Grief is not a task to finish and move on, but an element of yourself-An alteration of your being. A new way of seeing. A new definition of self. – Gwen Flowers

To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own. – Jack Kornfield

For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again.

Apologizing doesn’t always mean you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.

People will always notice the change in your attitude towards them, but they will never notice it’s their behavior that made you change.

Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is. – Marianne Williamson

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free. – Thich Nhat Hanh