Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they're moving toward getting it.
Barbara SherBecoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
Barbara SherReal obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
Barbara SherDoing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.
Barbara Sher