"Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I can let go, knowing that the relationship will find its own life-or not-and that I don't have to do all the work, only my share."

-- Melody Beattie

#Letting Go Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Trying Quotes

“He called me a pie!â€ she announced, defensively. There was a pause. â€œWait. Thatâ€™s not right.â€ â€œA tart?â€ â€œYes! Thatâ€™s it!”
“This is for all the little Stingers”
“When I read a good book, it's like traveling the world without ever leaving my chair.”
“Any profession of faith…entrusts the mind and heart to a truth that cannot be proven but can be lived.”

Source : Luke Timothy Johnson (2007). “The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters”, p.66, Image
“Those who depend fully on another personâ€™s knowledge to decide what is possible are easily manipulated. The most effective leaders utilize experts from all fields, but rely on none when it comes to making a decision.”

Source : Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing Trilogy”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.”
“Some people find that if they share a profession with their partner, they dont talk about anything else.”
“It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.”

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