My Special Thanks

Thanks to those who hated me. 

You made me stronger.

Thanks to those who loved me. 

You made my heart go fonder.

Thanks to those who cared. 

You made me feel important.

Thanks to those who entered my life. 

You made who I am today.

Thanks to those who left. 

You showed me that nothing last forever.

Thanks to those who stayed. 

You showed me true friendship.

Thanks to those who listened. 

You made me feel like I was worth it.

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My only goal in life right now is to be happy.

My only goal in life right now is to be happy. Genuinely, intensely and consistently happy, regardless of what that looks like to others.

If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you're fooling yourself.

Life is not fair. Get used to it. ~Bill Gates

The only people I need in my life

I've come to realize that the only people I need in my life are the ones who need me in theirs even when I have nothing else to offer them but myself.

The choice is yours.

Time will pass anyway, you can either spend it creating the life you want or spend it living the life you don't want. The choice is yours. ~unknown

Things change and friends leave and life doesn't stop for anybody.

Quote from The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky

Healing doesn't mean the hurt never existed, it just means the hurt no longer controls our lives.

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

Author : Ernest Hemingway

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Words of Wisdom by Lao Tzu

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

Author : Lao Tzu

Life is about balance.

Life is about balance. Be kind, but don't let people abuse you. Trust, but don't be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself. ~unknown

Family isn't always blood.

Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs. The one's who accept you for who you are. The one's who would do anything to just see you smile and who love you no matter what. ~unknown

Thank you, God.

Dear God, this day, may i thank You for all the love and blessings you have given me: My loving family, my caring friends, and all the wonderful people I met in my life's journey. May I ask You to bless, protect and guide them in overcoming their challenges in life. ~unknown

Inspiring Quotes By Paulo Coelho

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you.

I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things.You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?

Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.

Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.

When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left! How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.

None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.

No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.

Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.

Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person. The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.

It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.

At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.

You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.

If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.

Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.

We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.

People want to change everything and, at the same time want it all to remain the same.

Author : Paulo Coelho

My wish for you.

by Rubyanne

Life moves on.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. ~Henry Miller

In the end, only three things matter.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of the things not meant for you. ~unknown

To make a different in someone's life you don't have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful or perfect. You just have to care.