—FrEe-yOuR-miNd— (by sjm)

* A good friend is like a good bra… hard to find, comfortable, supportive, prevents your from falling, holds you tight - and is always close to your heart.

* I never expected that I would meet someone that would even come close to who you are and I never planned of falling for the person that you are after I have met you. But then again, love has its own reasons and you are every reason why I am in love.

* Most relationships fail not because of the absence of love. Love is always present. It’s just that one loves too much an the other loves too little.

* Falling in love is like being caught in the middle of a storm. It would engulf you, swing you and carry you away. That’s why you have to hold onto something stable.

* Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not soemthing you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything. (Muhammad Ali)

* I don’t know the key to success. But the key to failure is trying to please everybody. (Bill Cosby)

* You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

* Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. (Langston Hughes)

* To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt. (Madonna)

* Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.

* Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today? (Mary Manin Morrissey)

* Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. (Victor Hugo)

* The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything… They just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

* Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.

* Heartbreaks will last as long as you want and cut as deep as you allow them to go. The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them.

have you ever felt like a decision you make could change the course of your life completely? (and i don’t mean decisions of what clothes to wear.) whenever i come to a point where i have to decide about life issues, first shivers run over me, afraid of making the wrong choice. but is there actually such a thing we can call a "wrong choice/decision"?

every once in a while we have to make decisions, sometimes the choices we have are abundant, sometimes it is quite easy to decide, yet still we occupy our minds with the pros & cons of each option we have. once we have made a decision and we are satisfied with the course our life has taken, there is usually no looking back for us. however, soon as we have to deal with unexpected negative consequences, often regrets fill our minds and what-if questions suddenly arise.

i believe it is completely unnecessary to look back even if we may not be that satisfied with the outcomes. i’ve always been the kind who takes what i get and make the best out of it. making mistakes is human. no one is perfect, mistakes & failures are made to learn from. in fact, mistakes should be considered as opportunities to make things better. we are given those opportunities and should not take them for granted. eventually, we have the ability to choose our own path…

… the choices you make, not the chances you take, determine your destiny…