If you didn't feel like your support system was strong enough, then getting yourself out of the situation was the best thing to do
I have loved every single person I met in my life, just the definition and situation varied.
It's not what you go through that makes you strong: it is how you handle the situation that gives you strength.
Love may be able to force you into precarious situations, it may lead you into double-edged bonfires and you don't smell the smoke, you only see the temptation of a perfume.
Empirical" knowledge itself is of little benefit unless it awakens the inner perception of man as to his own situation, his potentialities, his risks, and his destiny
The most successful people in the most impossible situations are the ones that are sure they're gonna get out of it, and they go on thinking that, even if they die trying.
Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
It was no wonder my love life was so messed up when the most profound and intimate moments were always being interrupted by dire situations
It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.
Even seasonal situations can bring with them lessons that last a lifetime. If the love doesn’t last, it prepares you for the one that will.
Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.
God doesn’t promise us escape from suffering or pain. Rather, He promises to miraculously use even bad situations for your ultimate good.
My discontent has accumulated over the past months, searching for a leak in the dam I’ve constructed to separate my true feelings from the situation closing in around me.
A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.
When you encounter unexpected situation, don’t panic. Close our eyes, take a deep breath and pray. It will relief you of any anxiety.
You have no control over what happens to you! You can only pray for grace and strength to endure any situation.
Life’s challenges are inevitable. We have to prepare mentally by renewing our mind with inspiration daily to be able to cope when the situation arise.
So to all who are situated as I am, I would say--Grow up as fast as you can.
The test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact.
At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.
Sometimes just the affirmation that a situation sucks can turn a mood around and inspire strength and optimism.
