"Run as far as you can in the direction of your best and happiest dreams across the bridge that was built by your own desire to heal."

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Cheryl Strayed

#Running Quotes #Dream Quotes #Bridges Quotes

“Learning unconditional love helped me have healthier relationships, including my current marriage.”
“Let men be compelled to wear our dress for awhile and we should soon hear them advocating a change.”
“I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.”
“Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time.”
“I don't think you should limit what you read.”
“When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?”
“Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.”
“The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attentionâ€¦. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.”

Source : Rachel Naomi Remen (2006). “Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.112, Penguin

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