Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others. Mitch Albom More Quotes by Mitch Albom More Quotes From Mitch Albom When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times. Mitch Albom gone heart love We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn't do. All the things we should have done. You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened. Mitch Albom forgiving regret should-have There is no such thing as 'too late' in life. Mitch Albom late too-late life The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful. Mitch Albom encouragement attitude happiness Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it. Mitch Albom love romantic memories This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work. Mitch Albom family knowing giving Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives. Mitch Albom mother letting-go children We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have. Mitch Albom lost forget sometimes The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. Mitch Albom tuesdays-with-morrie life commitment Accept who you are; and revel in it. Mitch Albom confidence self-love wisdom Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say. Mitch Albom unspoken-words haunting fearless It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it. Mitch Albom waste time thinking the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do. Mitch Albom speak people As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty-two, you'd always be twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it. Mitch Albom learning positive life We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted. Mitch Albom loving-relationships materialistic granted Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved. Mitch Albom forgiving too-late past Death is the end of a lifetime, not the end of a relationship. Mitch Albom relationships-ending ends lifetime Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves. Mitch Albom hate hurt inspirational Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back. Mitch Albom losing-a-loved-one sad loss Because one thing God gave us- and I'm afraid it's at times a little too much- is freewill. Freedom to choose. I believe he gave us everything needed to build a beautiful world, if we choose wisely. Mitch Albom beautiful believe world
