The big horrible thing isn't the plane crash or the earthquake or the diagnosis. When those things occur, we act, we know what to do. We live or we die. Hell is what we do in the meantime. It is the ways we starve our souls as we prepare for the future that never comes as planned. The true disaster is living the life in your mind and missing the one in front of you.
Geneen RothYou are not your past, not your habits, not your compulsions. When you get to know who you are, anything becomes possible.
Geneen RothReal change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes.
Geneen RothAsk: is what I'm doing and thinking right now bringing me closer to myself or farther away? Opening my heart or closing it? You have a choice.
Geneen Roth