Let go of your expectations. The universe will do what it will. Sometimes your dreams will come true. Sometimes they won't. Sometimes when you let go of a broken dream, another one gently takes its place. Be aware of what is, not what you would like to be, taking place.

I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again.

...Help me let go of my need to stay immersed in negativity. I can change the energy in myself and my environment from nega­tive to positive. I will affirm the good until it sinks in and feels real. I will also strive to find one quality that I like about someone else who's important to me, and I will take the risk of telling him or her that.

Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.

Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other peoples best interests.

We have as much time as we need.

Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.