You know why its hard to be happy, because you find it hard to let go of the things that make you sad.
In order to be completely happy we have to be able to completely let go of the things that we know will never be again. We have to let go of our pasts, and the memories that bring us down. Looking back will only hold us back from progressing forward, and while it is ok to be thankful for the memories that make us smile, if they are attached to someone that brings us a lot of pain when we remember them then maybe we should try to limit those memories from arising as much.
Being sad with the right people is better than being happy with the wrong ones.
Triumph over the thoughts that make you fearful and sad by choosing to think positively in the midst of your storm. Though you may be going through a rough time now, you have to know and believe in your heart that things will get better, for storms dont go on forever.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.
To be happy you have to be determined. Situations will always come your way that you aren't excited about, but these circumstances should never ruin our dispositions on life.
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.
We all have experienced things in life that have given us a sort of thick skin, or as some may say pain that has caused up to "put up a guard". Protecting ourselves is just part of our human nature, naturally no one wants to be hurt, and when we realize the things that hurt us we tend to stay away from them, or if we do go around the things that have made us hurt before, we go around them skeptically, sometimes with the intent to cause those things the pain that they may have caused us.
As we go through life, and we learn more from our experiences, it is impossible to avoid the lessons that pain will bring. The key to overcoming the pain in your life is to realize that though pain is something that is inevitably a part of life, we have the choice of whether we are going to wallow in it and suffer, or move on from it, and do our best to let it go.
People think being alone makes you LONELY, But I don't think thats true. Being surrounded by wrong people is the loneliest thing in the World.
Being alone is a state of being that no one wants to be in. It is easy to get caught up feeling sad and detached from the rest of the world, but one must realize that they have to use times of loneliness to build their relationships with God, and also to build upon the foundation that is considered their life.
They say you don't know what you have until it's gone. But the truth is, you knew exactly what you had; you just thought you'd never lose it.
Its true that sometimes we really don't know what we have until we lose it, but it is also true that we never may know the things in life that we have lacked in until they arrives. In order to live your best life sometimes you are faced with having to let go of things in your life that you never thought that you would have to let go of. The things in life that make us happy are things in life that we must take proper care of, but are things that sometimes die for reasons that have nothing to do with our own lives.
People think being alone makes you lonely, But I don't think thats true. Being surrounded by wrong people is the loneliest thing in world.
Instead of wallowing in self-pity and being lonely, make the effort to engage with people in life. Many times our experiences with people in our lives that don't end so well deter us from wanting to build new bonds with new friends. Soured relationships also can greatly affect our other relationships because many times it is these soured relationships that push us away from trying to work on other relationships with other people.
I'd rather be the pain that you remember, rather than the love that you forget.
Refusing to be in a place with someone that you don't necessarily want to be with them in life can lead to hurting someone worse later on by doing the things that one is actually interested in doing, and being with the people that one is actually interested in being with. Remember that being the pain that someone remembers may not always work out best for you, and sometimes it is better for a couple to go their separate ways while they are still able to if they know in their hearts their isnt to be much of a future involved.
Some nights, I can't sleep because my mind is consumed with the thought of how much easier it would be if you were by my side.
We all have gone through life missing someone that we love dearly. For some, the person that they love dearly will still be by their side one day if they continue to hope, and for others, the person that we love dearly will never be in our lives again.
