People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does. Mitch Albom More Quotes by Mitch Albom More Quotes From Mitch Albom Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come Mitch Albom missing doe beautiful But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin. Mitch Albom wall simple mother You have to start over. That's what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really "starting over." More like "continuing without. Mitch Albom starting-over losing-a-loved-one games Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. an alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out. Mitch Albom wall dog running She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn't considered the misery she might inflict. Mitch Albom escaping misery might Heaven is always and forever around us and no soul remembered is ever really gone. Mitch Albom soul forever heaven In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it. Mitch Albom moving-on moving-forward letting-go Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one. Mitch Albom next stories world Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith. Mitch Albom bits littles giving Everyone is in such a hurry. People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running. Once you start running, it’s hard to slow yourself down. Mitch Albom running jobs thinking The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. Mitch Albom you-live-you-learn truth-is death When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? Because a baby not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say the whole world is mine. But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned his lesson." "What lesson?" I asked. He stretched open his empty fingers. "We can take nothing with us. Mitch Albom knowing baby hands ...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man said, "are just family you have yet to come to know." "sacrifice is a part of life. it is supposed to be. it's not something to regret. it's something to aspire to. little sacrifices. big sacrifices. a mother works so her son can go to school. a daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. you're just passing it on to someone else. Mitch Albom regret daughter mother You can't get stuck on what should have happened. That doesn't help you. Mitch Albom stuck should-have helping You know what really offers you satisfaction? Offering others what you have to give. Mitch Albom offering inspirational giving When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth. Mitch Albom eye mother love-you Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent. Mitch Albom detachment penetrate Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe. Mitch Albom christian faith believe But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone. Mitch Albom losing-a-loved-one sad fighting It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there. Mitch Albom said comforting thinking
