Showing posts with label spirit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spirit. Show all posts

04 June, 2011

simply decide

faced with difficulty, we sometimes offer people excuses.

But we also offer those same excuses, and maybe more, to ourselves.

We blame the world, god, the universe instead of rolling our sleeves and doing the hard work of finding our way out of those difficulties.

One day, you'll run out of excuses to give out, even to yourself.

It'll be very sad if that's the only person left on that day to hear them




29 May, 2011

love

why don't we teach young people how to love?

Love is an overwhelming sensation. It's a wave of emotions that collapses over you.

The danger can be felt from the very beginning. You sense it, but the pull is so strong that you can't swim away.

Without advice, young people have to figure out for themselves how to deal with this situation. They grasp at straws, guessing out solutions based on juvenile beliefs and expectations.

Sadly, bad guesses lead to pain, trauma, and distrust that lasts years after the storm had passed.

A few good words could have avoided all that damage