The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isnโt the family. If you donโt have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you donโt have much at all. Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said, โLove each other or perishโ.
Mitch AlbomI feel ashamed now that I tried to take my life. It is such a precious thing. I had no one to talk me out of my despair and that was a mistake. You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.
Mitch AlbomHe did not know that the child who had asked for yesterday was now seeking to own tomorrow.
Mitch AlbomLook, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We donโt see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if youโre surrounded by people who say โI want mine now,โ you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it.
Mitch Albom