The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavor and a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people today as it was...
The more you make your thoughts and beliefs into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself.
Ego-generated emotions are derived from the mind's identification with external factors which are, of course, all unstable and liable to change at any moment.
The more you communicate love in your relationship, you breathe new life into it.
New levels bring new devils. Stay unapologetically committed to your goals and let go of anyone who poisons your spirit.
I feel so grateful to discover that each new day brings me the opportunity to watch the sunrise and fall in love with you again.
Conversion is the lifelong process of turning away from our plans and turning toward God's maddening, disruptive, creativity.
I dread the beginning of her new life more than words can tell, but I see some hope for her if she travels - none if she remains at home.
If I can begin to focus on truly living one day at a time, I can incorporate a new beginning each day. If I'm willing to allow a new beginning each day, I can change the direction of my life.
Sometimes, you unknowingly or hastily make choices that brings you to a new reality of life. You can't go back to change the way things were but you can learn to be at peace with your new reality by accepting and appreciating what life has to offer.
Everyone’s life is an evolution of emotions, spirit and beliefs. The storyline changes, plots thicken, main characters mature and new spiritual journeys begin. This is true of inspirational authors. Their books represent only the stages of their li...
When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldn't imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If I'm gone for six days it feels li...
Living most of my life in New York, I witnessed plenty of nanny state laws. Later, I lived in D.C. for a bit and saw even more. I assumed when I got to Colorado, the Wild West, there would be a rejection of such intrusive legislation. I was wrong.
Looking at the Batman pages is like revisiting my youth. My first seven years in New York were the first seven years of Batman itself. While my time on Batman was important and exciting and notable considering the characters that came out of it, it w...
The host took care to produce one or another of these whenever the current subjects seemed about used up, so that the conversation gathered new life and at the same time steered clear of political arguments, which are hindersome to both ingestion and...
Susan Orlean: It's over. Everything's over. I did everything wrong. I want my life back. I want it back before everything got fucked up. I want to be a baby again. I want to be new. I WANT TO BE NEW.
Life was about loss. One minute standing on the promise of your dreams, then free-falling backward into nothingness. Is this what it meant to grow old? To gradually be stripped of all you cared about. And then what? Were you supposed to spend the res...
The ocean of the past, I still hide from so much of it and rely on all that I don't run from. Everything before him, I waited for the nightmare to end, and it did when he accepted me into his arms. It was a new birth, a new life, but it flashed too b...
The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. They don't create the new life, they only bear it. This is why birth is such a humbling experience. The new mom weeps in awe at the little miracle in her arms. She knows it came out of her but ...
My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.
I over-scrutinize anyone new entering my life.
