Life reveals many surprises along the way. Every day should serve as a reminder of just how precious this life is and how we should do better. After all, with no quest for improvement, we would stagnate or be so full of ourselves that no one could stand us…, except for ourselves, of course. A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package, indeed.
One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever know…
No man is an island…
Man cannot live by bread alone…
and, The wise man built his house upon the rock.
What is the rock? It has been interpreted many different ways. Think of that “one thing” that Curly (Jack Palance) alludes to in City Slickers. It is your “one thing” that your house should be built upon, that gives you strength, that gets you up in the morning, that gets you through your day, that helps you make it through the night, that is or becomes your driving force. You have to decide what that is…
Is it your God?
Is it your family?
Is it your work?
Is it your friends?
Is it you, yourself?
No one person or thing can make you happy. Only you can make you happy…
My mother has said often, “You are about as happy as you make your mind up to be.” Our happiness comes from within, it cannot come from an outside source or from being loved.
However, if you love, if you give…, well now, that’s a different story, isn’t it?
That is one true thing.
I think the Great and Powerful Oz had it wrong. A heart isn’t judged by how much you are loved by others BUT by how much you love. And forgiveness? That’s the hard part.
For as impractical as a breakable heart is, how can one possibly know true joy without also knowing pain…
by rayannethorn
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