How do I break a pattern? Respond differently. - Desmond E. F.

The first step to changing your life? Stop telling you sorry as if it is a sad one, and eventually it will stop being one. - Karen Salmansohn

No matter how badly someone treats you never drop down to their level. Remain calm. Stay strong. And walk away. - Karen Salmansohn

I love you. You're probably thinking " you don't even know me." But if people can hate for no reason. I can love. - Unknown

I am unique, I am special. I am worthy. I am loved. I am enough. - unknown

It's not happiness that brings us gratitude. It's gratitude that brings us happiness. - Anonymous

Sometimes, it's good to spend time alone, it gives you the peace to be quiet, to listen to our heart, and speak to your soul - Barbara Veruvsse

It doesn't matter who you used to be; what matters is who you decide to be today. You are not your mistakes. You are not your mishaps. You are not your past. You are not your wounds. You can decide differently today and at every moment. Remember that. Yo are offered a new opportunity with each breathe to think, choose, decide and act differently in a way that supports you in being all that you are capable of being. You are not less than. You are enough. - unknown

Learn the difference between connection and attachment. Connection gives you power, attachment sucks the life out of you. - Pastor Keion

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao Tzu

Happy people build their inner world. Unhappy people blame their outer world. - unknown

From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax, to be peaceful, we must wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth. This is not a retreat, it is a treat. During walking meditation, during kitchen and garden work, during sitting meditation, all day long, we can practice smiling. At first you may find it difficult to smile, and we have to think about why. Smiling means that we are ourselves, that we have sovereignty over ourselves, that we are not drowned into forgetfulness. This kind of smile can be seen on the faces of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. - Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace

It takes a very strong individual to sit with themselves, calm their storms, and heal all of their issues without trying to bring someone else into that chaos. Your joinery into self-love is just that. - and you are doing it. - unknown

When your child finds it in their heart to care for somebody or something eel, you will have succeeded. - Maya Angelous

We have to figure out a kinder way to connect with each other, and practice it every day. Make it a thing we love to do. One of our favorite things, in fact, until it becomes our only way of being. - Scott Stabile

You are an unfinished work in progress. One of the good things about life'f challenges is that you get to find out that you are capable of far more than you even thought possible. - Karen Salmansohnt