People are not here to meet your expectations.
Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both.
A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love.
Listening is love in action.
You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation.
To this day I cannot see a bright daffodil, a proud gladiola, or a smooth eggplant without thinking of Papa. Like his plants and trees, I grew up as a part of his garden.