Most of us have just learned to exercise our survival muscle. It's time to build our victory muscle.
Trying to prove something to someone is never a valid reason for doing anything.
You can never love anyone to your own detriment. That is not love, that is possession, control, fear, or a combination of them all.
There are two emotions: love and fear.
Give yourself permission to smile a lot today. In fact, why not make it a habit!
At birth, we are like cartilage - soft, flexible tissue. By the same natural process by which cartilage becomes hard bone, the soft, tender heart of an innocent child can become hardened by the circumstances into which she is born.