“There are moments of silence and smiles and breaths taken away from the chest, wherein you truly feel a deep understanding for your position in your life, in this world, and within the walls of yourself that you call bones and tissue. You madly understand yourself (your thoughts, your desires, what you want to be living for, really) and it's amazing because it is within those moments where you will come to see how very few people should actually be important to your heart and to your path: because your heart and your path are glorious and different and breathtaking and not everyone belongs there with you. We all often feel pangs of loneliness and we clamour to hold onto other people because it has not yet dawned on us, that not everyone we wish to hold onto will fit on our paths with us. If you could come to an understanding of your own space, and what it means to occupy that space, then you would come to know, and to feel, and to realise, that we are not lonely in our hearts because others do not occupy with us; rather, we are painfully lonely in our hearts because we do not occupy our own skin. We do not occupy our own souls. We do not occupy the space we've been given by our own dreams, desires, longings... what makes you cry? What makes you laugh? It doesn't matter if you're the only one who cries or who laughs! What matters is that you fill up your space so full that your soul rubs up against your bones and pushes up against just below the surface of your skin. You will never be lonely, we would never be lonely, if we knew to occupy all that we are!” LonelinessWisdom QuotesSelf AwarenessSelf KnowledgeKnow ThyselfGuidance QuotesYour Purpose In LifeLoneliness Of LifeSelf Purpose Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I think that the most valuable thing you can learn about men, is that they are boys who grew bigger and tend to make lots of mistakes. Really. And they're usually, most of the time, deep down inside, just terrified of disappointing you. And then they make more mistakes in an attempt to cover their terror of being a disappointment. Men are extremely flawed, just like every other human being, and knowing this is power, knowing this sets you free from the cage of expectation and disappointment that we as women seem to be fashioned into since we were little. And I'm not talking about cheating. Cheating is simply not acceptable. But I'm talking about all the other ways that men disappoint; we all know it's very many. But they're just boys, they're merely people, and you only need to find a person that you really, really like.” MenWisdom QuotesMen And WomenWomen S InspirationalGuidance QuotesAbout Men Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Someone asked me, "Are there no good men where you are?" And I answered, "I think there are good men everywhere. It's never about finding good people; it's about finding one person.” MenLove QuotesWisdom QuotesLoving SomeoneWisdom InspirationalLife Lessons QuoteLiving Your Best LifeThe OneFind Someone To LoveThe One For You Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Any man can admire you in all your glory from afar. But the only man you should ever love is the one who can admire you in all your glory, but then embrace you for all your wounds and scars.” MenLoveLoversWisdom QuotesWisdom QuotationsLovers QuotesGuidance In LifeAbout MenGuidance For Women Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I really feel sorry for the many men who are surrounded by people who flatter them all the time. In Chinese we have a golden proverb: "The true friend is the one who shows you how to bow down. Because you cannot enter the cave of treasures without bowing at the opening. And the true enemy is the one who flatters you. Because you cannot enter the cave of treasures standing tall with pride." At the end of the day, it is those that flatter you who keep you away from the true treasures in your life. In the culture we all live in today, we are taught to surround ourselves by people "who believe in us". That is true to some extent. But in reality, there are many times when the people around us ought to slap us in the face because we are being idiots. This seems to be particularly prevalent amongst men. In their quest to build a kingdom, they surround themselves with peasants. But this is not how to build a kingdom. In order to build a kingdom, surround yourself with knights. True friends who will protect you, even if it means protecting you from your own wayward self.” MenKingsWisdom QuotesKingdomsFlatteryEnemiesKnightsTrue FriendshipGuidance QuotesTrue FriendsBecoming BetterQuotes For MenTrue GoodnessTrue Enemy Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Today, young girls measure the quality of their beauty based upon its entertainment value. The more people are entertained by their beauty, the more beautiful they think they must be. This is very unfortunate and I would like young girls to know that their beauty is a crown; not a clown. And crowns are best worn with elegance and serenity.” BeautyWisdom QuotesSerenityYoung WomenClownEleganceCrownWomen S QuotesYoung GirlsWhat Is BeautyAdvice For Young GirlsBeauty Is A CrownBeauty Of A GirlBeauty Of A WomanThe Quality Of BeautyWidom For Women Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Life is so short, and love is so big. Too big for life! That's why, when you love someone, they'd better know it. You'd better tell them. Love is meant for that, love is not meant to be hidden.” LoveWisdom QuotesInspirational LoveHow To LoveLove And Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“It is very interesting how humanity has linked love to the lack of freedom. I think that when you find love, it is because you have become so free that you were able to truly find it. Love is a wild and running thing. Only the free can find what is wild and running. You become so free, that you are able to truly love. A life of bondage is a life lived without love.” LoveWisdom QuotesTrue LoveInspirational LoveLove Quote Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Love hard. Love not like the world loves. Love hard, go hard, let it kill you.” LoveWisdom QuotesTrue LoveInspirational LoveReal LoveHow To LoveGo HardLove Hard Author:C. JoyBell C.
“How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it give you wings? Does it give you roots? Does it make you look back at a month ago and say, “I am a whole different person right now”? If yes, then it’s real. The evidence of truth and reality, lies in how much something can touch you, can change you, even if it’s from very far away. Distance is only the evidence of what can be surpassed.” BeliefTrustWisdom QuotesInspirational LoveGenuinenessFaith In LoveLong Distance RelationshipsWhat Is RealHow To Know The TruthHow To Know What Is RealWhat Is TrueBelieving In What Is RealFaith In A RelationshipFrom The Distance Author:C. JoyBell C.
“It takes a really long time to realize this, but if you’re lucky you eventually see that you’ve got this life on this planet and you’re responsible for really loving yourself. And I mean really, really, really loving yourself. Love is never a corruption. I’m talking about loving yourself with a true love, a love that’s incorruptible and everlasting.” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesInspirational LoveLoving YourselfI Love MyselfLearning To Love Yourself Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Men are taught how to be what a woman wants and women are taught how to be what a man wants, therefore, people end up with people because there is something offered which they want; not because they see the other person, understand the other person, share the other person's dreams... why are not men and women being taught how to show other people their dreams, the colours of their souls, their fears and pains, their joys and laughters? People should be falling in love with people! Not with ideas!” Wisdom QuotesTrue LoveInspirational LoveStupidity Of Man Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We all have cracks and tears and shattered glass within our souls. Some have more than others. We do not wish to seek one who has none; but we wish to find the one who can say "look at me, look at this." We wish to find the one who sees every bit of broken glass and who will put those pieces into the palms of our hands and say "please keep them." And we wish to be that kind of person, too. This is how it should be.” Inspirational QuotesInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesTrue LoveMeaning Of LifeInspirational LoveReal LoveLoving SomeoneBrokennessBeing TruthfulThe OneBeing BrokenFinding The One Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I believe that the most important thing for a couple of any sort, to realize in their relationship with each other (and please allow me to share this with you), is that neither are a limited source. You see, the idea of the soul is that it is eternal and that it continually receives from an Eternal Source. So the idea in any relationship is never really what you can get from it; but the idea is what you can give to the other, what you can put into it. Withdrawing from eternity— and depositing into the physical realm. Of course, as you both give, you are also both receiving from one another, thus a beautiful relationship is formed and maintained. It's that certain flow that needs to be encouraged and allowed. I say "allowed" because it's natural, however, it's usually not "allowed" because our human faculties are taught and bombarded by stupid ideas in magazines that relationships are all about what one can get from it; it's never about giving! So in a nutshell, the idea is to give because you know that you are receiving from an Everlasting Source, but to also remain graceful and eager enough to also receive gratefully from the other. And this is how eternal relationships are born. We are all conduits of eternity and we happen to meet another conduit whom we feel we belong with, then we share what we receive from eternity and receive what the other has to share.” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesInspirational LoveEternal LoveEternal RelationshipsGiving In A RelationshipTo Have An Eternal RelationshipTo Have Eternal Love Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The masses live their lives as defined by terms given by society. For example: this is what it means to be married, this is what it means to be in a relationship, this is what it means to be dating, this is what it means to have a mutual understanding, sighs, this is what it means to be serious, this is what it means to be casual, this is what it means to be complicated, this is what it means to be Facebook official. These are all terms given by society. These are all invisible (and not so invisible) lines, drawn by society. These are are not God-lines. These are not borders created by highly enlightened individuals. These are not terms defined by you during moments of highly elevated consciousness. No. These are only shits. A pure soul, completely whole and void of constriction, will look out into the world with untainted eyes and say: "Where is the one whom my soul recognizes?" And you look for the one whom your soul is sired to, whom your soul recognizes, whom your soul loves. There are no laws, there are no lines, there are no borders. There is no shit. You are committed to the call of your soul, to the power that calls you beyond all the cloaks and the traps and the smallness created by small hands.” Inspirational QuotesSocietyWisdom QuotesInspirational LoveInspirational LivingFinding The OneSociety ThinkingReaching BeyondGoing Beyond Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People wonder if it’s possible to meet a person, or to just read their name out loud for the first time— and within those moments— to know them, to remember them, even if you have never met them before! Well of course this is possible and in fact, for some of us, our lives are spent reuniting with such people. There are different types of bonds. Some we have ran with, some we have swam with, others we have won battles side-by-side! And then there is the one whom we have loved. Some of us have been here so many times before— that we spend this lifetime not wasting any moments— but we spend our moments searching for those we have bonds with. And of course, searching for the one we are bound to. Our dreams at night— they contain our memories of places we think we’ve never even been to, of people we think we’ve never even met before. Of course, yes, it is possible to read a name out loud and for the vibration of that name on your lips to open up a casket filled with things that are anything but dead! Nothing dies.” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesEternityInspirational LoveNeverendingBound To Each OtherEternal BondsThe Eternal Bond Of Love Author:C. JoyBell C.
“L'amore della tua vita non è la persona che ti intrappola in se stesso; l'amore della tua vita è la persona che ti rende libero da così tante delle trappole in cui sei già caduto! L' amore della tua vita non è la persona che ti acceca verso qualsiasi altra persona; l'amore della tua vita è la persona che rimuove le tante bende che si sono accumulate su di te durante la tua vita. L'innamorato (giusto) per te è quello che ti rende libero in se stesso. Sei stato liberato dalla schiavitù e dentro quella libertà risiede quella persona! QUELLO è l'innamorato per te!” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesTrue LoveAmoreLove Of Your LifeThe One For YouThe Love For You Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People decide they like one another, based upon the color of their shells that they wear on the outside of them. And then they decide to leave one another, based upon the color of their souls that is who they really are underneath the shell. I think it should be the other way around. I think people should decide they like one another, based upon the color of their souls and then decide to leave one another if they run into the shells. But then it's not even that. What if they loved the soul and then broke down each others' shells when they ran into them? Then nobody would leave anybody and everybody would know what love means.” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesTrue LoveGenuineBeing RealBeing GenuineThe Meaning Of LoveBeing TransparentWhat S Wrong With SocietyHow To Be RealThe Evolving HumanWhat S Wrong With Humanity Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Incredible how so many people have no sense of honor. How does this happen? This happens by thriving on how one appears to the world around him rather than cultivating a person inside him that he knows is honorable and that he can be proud of. When all the focus is on what people think about you based upon your facebook profile or based upon the exterior that you put on everyday; you leave no room for looking at yourself and saying, "I want to look into the mirror every day and see someone that I can be proud of." And that's what a life of honor is based upon. It is based upon the knowledge that you know your own actions, your own self, and you can see the things that you do and know the things that you think. You answer to yourself, therefore, your standards need to come up to what you expect of yourself. It doesn't matter at all if anybody is looking. When such a sense of honor is present in a large group of people, that's when we see no crime rate or a very low crime rate, respect for other human life and personas, respect for the surroundings and really a respect for oneself. Because a respect for other people can only first be born from a true respect for oneself.” HumanityAdviceInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesSelf WorthSelf RespectAccountabilityInspirational LivingSelf HonorHonor SystemSens Of Honor Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Lots of people use good character and moral standing as a brand name. They know it's what people like, they want people to like them, so they wear it as one would wear a quality brand shirt. Putting it on in the morning and taking it off at the end of the day. Saying all the things they know people want to hear. If they were the very last person on Earth, there would be no reason for them to be of good character, because nobody would see it.” CharacterWisdom QuotesDeceptionGood PeopleBad PeopleWarning QuotesTwo Facedness Author:C. JoyBell C.
“What does it mean to be cultured? Who is the cultured person? The cultured individual is not defined nor determined by status in society nor by wealth; but the cultured individual is determined and defined by his or her sense for the art of life. And what is the art of life? The art of life is the reflection of the mind and the soul upon the world, upon other people, upon the respect and understanding of other people and upon the things that are in this world and beyond. There is a joy that is always sought in beautiful things. Being cultured is being conscious, reflective, understanding, feeling, aware. Knowing how to feel, to listen, to understand. A desire to find or to create joy in many things— that is the art of life. And these things define a cultured person.” CultureClassWisdom QuotesRefinementClassy WomanThe Art Of LifeThe Art Of LivingClassy PeopleCultured PeopleRefined PeopleRefined Woman Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People think that the word "class" involves the color black, wearing Chanel No. 5 and carrying a Louis Vuitton. The word "class" and "classy", to me, mean what happens when you are able to be thankful, able to give and be a true friend to anybody regardless of their background and where they come from. That's class. It's a beautiful wave that washes away faults and paints things in a graceful light. You can't always do this, though. Sometimes you just need to slap someone. Still, you can slap someone with a lot of poise and that makes all the difference.” ClassWisdom QuotesHumor InspirationalClassyBeing ClassyHaving PoiseThe Meaning Of Classy Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Tranquility is not weakness; from tranquility emerges power and strength.” PeacePowerStrengthWisdom QuotesInner PeaceTranquilityTrue PowerTrue Strength Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Someone once said that integrity comes from caring about what other people think of you; but I don't think that integrity comes from caring what other people think about you. I think that integrity comes from you caring about how you affect other people. If your integrity comes from caring about what others think about you, then your integrity will have no foundation and it will always change based upon other people. And that's not integrity at all.” IntegrityWisdom QuotesIntegrity With Foundation Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Today I began to criticise myself and look at myself with a judgmental eye... but then instead of going all out in that direction, I stopped and I began to understand me. And then I began to be patient with me. And then I began to feel a softness in the middle of my chest. So then I concluded that I can understand and be patient with me, just like how I am always understanding and being patient with everyone else. Why? Because I deserve that, and more.” UnderstandingInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesPatienceSelf WorthLove YourselfInspirational LivingSelf CompassionSelf UnderstandingLiving Gracefully Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People are allowed to be screwed up. That's the most efficient realisation I have ever had. That people are allowed to be screwed up, to fall, and to hardly even make it at all. You're allowed that. Redemption is a part of life. You can be a train wreck today and a few months from now be an absolute winner in life. The problem is when you don't allow life to redeem yourself and others. It's a problem when you're severe and fatalistic. Let the river flow whichever way it may go! Let others die and come back to life again! Don't be hammering nails into coffins. Don't hammer nails into your own coffin, either.” ChangeWisdom QuotesRedemptionInspirational LivingScrewed UpGuidance QuotesTrain WreckGive Yourself A ChanceGive People A Chance Author:C. JoyBell C.
“In the beginning, it is difficult and even painful to see the faults in yourself, the flaws in your soul, the error of your ways. But I have come to love the moments when I see my flaws and I spot my errors! It is one of the most beautiful things, really! Because it is when we see our own flaws and our own errors that we can find the opposite of those things! It is when we see our own flaws and our own errors that we can see that there is so much more room to become better! And so I have come to actually rejoice when I find something wrong with me! And I know when it’s really wrong because I can see it and I can feel it in my heart both at the same time— it is a revelation. It’s not something that comes from any external source; but it is my own spirit and the voice of God revealing these things to me, unfolding them, rolling them out of a silken cloth at my feet. And I smile.” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesSelf ImprovementSelf DiscoveryKnow ThyselfBecoming BetterRevelation Of SelfPerspective On FlawsDiscovering Your Own FlawsSeeing Your ErrorsSeeing Your FlawsTo Evolve Author:C. JoyBell C.
“When family gathers around for a dying loved one, I have realised, that it probably does more good for the living, than for the dying. Sometimes, death can bring the living together, and death can cause the living to find solace in one another. In this way, death is a part of life, and those who die can in fact give gifts to the living, gifts that they were not able to give while they were still alive and well.” Inspirational QuotesDeathWisdom QuotesDeath And DyingDeath Of A Loved OneDeath And Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I am convinced--truly convinced-- that 99% of living is useless. The only--and I mean the ONLY--part of life that is worth anything, is the part where we love a few people in our lives, and to what degree we are able to love them, how much we are able to give, how much of our hearts we are able to put into it. Time moves fast forward; meanwhile, we spend that time on making money, chasing dreams, building names for ourselves, achieving stuff that we want to achieve...time moves fast forward and instead of standing in moments with a few people that we love, we run fast forward with it! We forget how to love a few people given to us to love, we forget how to stay, we forget how to feel, we forget, we forget, we forget, so we can run towards death, leaving behind a house perhaps; kids perhaps; a bank account hopefully; a name worth remembering maybe. But did we love? Did you love? Did you stay? Did you love with all of your heart? Did you? Will you?” Life LessonsWisdom QuotesLife And LivingLiving LifeLiving Life To The FullestLiving Your Best LifeMeaning Of Life QuotesLiving Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People will be jealous of you for anything. Do bad and they will be jealous of you for being bad, do good and they will be jealous of you for being good, pull yourself up out of the ashes and they will be jealous of your strength, work hard and succeed and they will be jealous of your perseverance, buy new shoes and people will want to steal them, grow your hair long and people with want to cut it, laugh out loud and people will be jealous of your reasons for laughing. The truth is that envy is not because of you; but envy is in the eye of the beholder!” Wisdom QuotesEnvyJealousy Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Never get involved with people who are likely to envy you at the end of the day. People like that will actually lurk in the bushes, play your mind, and pounce on you when you are at our most vulnerable state. Envy is the root of all evil, in all men and women, everywhere. They’re not going to leave your side, but for reasons that you wouldn’t like!” Wisdom QuotesEnvyJealousyStrifeGuidance QuotesWarningsRoot Of All Evil Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I remember a relative of mine who used to pick on me all the time, constantly ridiculing my every move and making me feel inferior. One day she had a pimple on her face and was devastated. I told her "Why would you let a little thing like that bother you in such a way? It's just a pimple!" And she cried and said "You can say that, because you're perfect and even if you have ten pimples on your face, it wouldn't even matter!" And I never forgot how I felt in that moment, that moment taught me some important things! First, I realized that the whole time she was picking on me, she actually was feeling that I was perfect! And secondly, I realized that when people think you're perfect, they try to make you feel bad about yourself! I was so taken aback in those few minutes— I couldn't even say anything! I just looked at her while all my realizations flooded my mind and I decided that just because you think someone is perfect, doesn't give you the ticket to make them feel bad about themselves.” Inspirational LifeWisdom QuotesLife And LivingEnvyJealousyWarningsEvil EyeAttitude In Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People always, always talk about confidence, it’s supposed to be such an attractive thing. I wonder why though, why is it supposed to be such an attractive thing? When confidence hides so many other things that are so much more beautiful! When you think of being confident, you think of tucking away all those other things that you consider to be nuisances; but those nuisances make up whom you are! And those nuisances are beautiful. They are beautiful and they are you and they’re always going to be there, even when you try to cover them up! So what happens when they all come out one day? Are you going to feel like less of a person? Are the people who are supposed to love you, going to see you as less of a person? I say that it’s not about going out into the world and putting on a certain face— it’s just about going out into the world. I’ve gone out into the world! And I don’t put on that face! Or any other face, as a matter of fact! I don’t want to hide the way I play with my hair to feel more secure or the way I laugh at all the wrong times. I don’t want to hide those things because those things are a part of me. And I can still go out into the world— and all alone, too! I know so, because I’ve actually done it! So more important than confidence— is serenity and acceptance. The serenity comes from having a deep acceptance of all those little things about you that add up like the trillions of molecules and atoms you are made up of! And that’s just beautiful. Being beautiful is something rooted and strong; being confident is just a matter of putting on something that isn’t even a real part of you. Falling in love with the molecules that make up your essence is so much more attractive. And maybe that’s what confidence really means— the acceptance and belief in every single atom that you are.” Inspirational QuotesBeautyAcceptanceConfidenceWisdom QuotesSelf WorthSerenityInspirational LivingLoving YourselfAccepting YourselfBelief In SelfBeing BeautifulSelf ValueFalling In Love With YourselfStrength Of Beauty Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Sometimes you just don't know what's going to happen, exactly. And that's because sometimes you just don't have control over circumstances in your life. The amazing thing is that— it is during these times that we free-fall through the sky! All we have is the breath in our lungs right here and right now and it's just exhilarating! And it takes humility to accept that we might not have everything we want in our hands at the moment— but that what we do have is good, is worth keeping. Even if something isn't everything, yet, it can be worth everything, right now! You just have to spread your arms in the air and start gliding!” Inspirational QuotesAcceptanceInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesBeing ThankfulInspirational LivingTrusting The ProcessGlide Through The AirThe Worth Of PeopleThe Worth Of Things Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People withhold their forgiveness, thinking that it makes them badass. But really, the unwillingness to forgive is merely the wishing that things were better. You wish that you had better, you wish that someone else were better so they could have treated you better... it’s you making wishes. And that’s not badass. To forgive is to be able to look at the person and say “I accept that you weren’t any better than what you were”, “I accept what you were you and couldn’t have been what I wished you to be”, “I accept that things were the way they were and weren’t any better.” The ability to forgive is intertwined with the ability to accept the reality of the way things are/ the way a person is or was. You stop wishing things and you just accept. And hope is what says to you: “One day you’ll have what’s better.” RealityInspirational QuotesHopeWisdom QuotesLetting GoForgivenessInspirational LivingWisdom InspirationalAccepting RealityUnforgiveness Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Pain is a pesky part of being human, I've learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can't be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air! We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces.” LifeInspirationalWisdomPainInspirational QuotesLife LessonsGrowthHurtFreedomInspiringHealingBeautyLearningGrowingWindInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesLivingLife And LivingExperienceWingsPainfulFlyingHealFlightLiving LifeHurtingWisdom In Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The biggest mistake that parents make, is believing that their assigned task in life is to teach their children and to guide them in every situation of their children's lives. The truth is that it is the task of parents to both learn from their children and to guide them as well. Parenting is a relationship that goes both ways, from the moment your child is born, you learn from that person, and in fact, your lessons begin long before your child's lessons do. Later on, when you've learned a great deal already, then they begin to learn from you. Throughout our lives, it is a give-and-take relationship, in many ways. Our assigned task is to learn from our children, and to guide and teach them. Their assigned task is to learn from us, and also to teach us.” ChildrenRelationshipsFamilyWisdom QuotesParentingParentsRaising ChildrenGuidance QuotesQuotes For ParentsThe Art Of Parenting Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People have to forgive. We don't have to like them, we don't have to be friends with them, we don't have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. Because if we don't we are tying rocks to our feet, too much for our wings to carry!” LifeInspirationalInspirational QuotesInspiringInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesLivingLife And LivingForgivenessInspirational AttitudeForgivingWingsFlyingLiving LifeForgiveTying Rocks To Our Feet Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People think they have all the time in the world, that they know how to plan things. And that is why they don't take chances. It's those who know that everything can change in the blink of an eye and that our plans are at the mercy of destiny: it's they who know how to take chances, how to make mistakes, how to live. Nothing is ever actually a mistake. Do the same mistake at a different time, in a different place, in a different season, and it would be considered perfect. There are no mistakes, there is only destiny colliding with time and with our own definition of planning. We make the mistake of trying to dictate, that's what we do. If we were not always trying to control time and outcome, we would see, that everything flows. It all flows. We try to put the river into a bucket and tell it where to go and that is the only actual mistake that any of us have ever made.” Wisdom QuotesMistakes QuotesGuidance QuotesTaking ChancesDirection In LifeDestiny And ChanceDirection Of Your Destiny Author:C. JoyBell C.
“In a noisy world like ours, the best gift to have is a quiet mind. In a dangerous world like this one, the best gift to own is a calm soul. In a life like we are placed in, the best gift to receive is a serene outlook. May we have all three of these gifts.” Life LessonsLife QuotesWisdom QuotesSerenityCalmnessGuidance QuotesLife And Living InsightGuidance In LifeGuidance For Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“You can come to your friends with a problem and they will most usually blurt out a set of orders based entirely upon their own lives, which they believe you should follow. There is no thought process that goes into it, no internalization, no ingestion of your own pain into their own stomachs. I believe this is why, about a million people come to me with their problems rather than turning to their closest friends and family members; because I'm like that ancient tree with protruding roots, you can sit under my branches and as you cry I will soak your tears into me. We don't actually need humans with their many thoughtless advices. We need to be sitting under trees, asking roots to share in our pains.” HealingWisdom QuotesFriendship QuotesPain QuotesProblems In LifeShallownessTrees QuotesSharing PainHumans SuckTrees Metaphorical Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We must never adore ourselves due to the idea in our minds that we are of a certain rank/ have attained a certain position (whether this is social, economic, intellectual, or internal). But we must adore ourselves based upon our ability to connect with other human beings; to assimilate at the level of other people, no matter what level they are at.” WisdomHumilityWisdom QuotesGuidanceHumblenessLife And Living InsightLife And Living PhilosophyThe Meaning Of Humility Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The process of enlightenment and evolution can never happen without the realisation of shortcomings. People, when they think they are the best and can’t get any better, are easily offended when others see room for improvement. But it is when you think you are already the best that you have put a ceiling right on top of your head, a ceiling made of concrete, that stops you from becoming any better! Be happy when you see an area for improvement! Be happy that someone pointed it out to you, be happy that there is still space above you for you to reach towards; and not just an impenetrable ceiling of satisfaction and ideology.” Inspirational QuotesHumilityInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesEnlightenmentPersonal GrowthInspirational LivingInner GrowthPersonal Improvement Author:C. JoyBell C.
“And then I decided to be pro me. Be pro you to the end. No more cutting up myself and serving up myself like pieces of a pie for everyone's tasteless palates. And that doesn't mean you don't know how to say sorry; because being pro you means being pro growth and pro improvement. When I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong and I say that I'm wrong. And that's how I know I'm right!” Inspirational QuotesHumilityWisdom QuotesSelf ImprovementSelf WorthSelf GrowthBeing WrongBeing RightBe Pro YouBeing Pro Me Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The root of all true greatness, is humility.” Inspirational QuotesGreatnessHumilityWisdom QuotesInspirational Living Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The problem of society today: An absolute lifestyle of entitlement. People gauge everything by "feeling", meaning whatever they feel like doing or whatever they don't feel like doing. Passion is valued over dedication. Instant gratification is prized over true fulfillment. They don't know that more than feeling; intuition is the better key. They don't know that more than passion; fulfillment and dedication are the better keys. True passion will produce dedication and ultimately— fulfillment. If not, then it should not be called passion; it should just be called a lack of self control/ immaturity.” PassionSocietyWisdom QuotesIntuitionFulfillmentFeelingDedicationImmaturityProblems With SocietyFeeling Of EntitlementLifestyle Of Entitlement Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I'd just like to reiterate that intuition and feeling are two different things. "Feeling" describes the product of emotions while "intuition" describes a honed internal skill of knowing. While feelings will change as emotions come and go; intuition is a description of a known truth whether or not tangible to logic or reason, at the moment.” Wisdom QuotesIntuitionFeeling Author:C. JoyBell C.
“For everything in this journey of life we are on, there is a right wing and a left wing: for the wing of love there is anger; for the wing of destiny there is fear; for the wing of pain there is healing; for the wing of hurt there is forgiveness; for the wing of pride there is humility; for the wing of giving there is taking; for the wing of tears there is joy; for the wing of rejection there is acceptance; for the wing of judgment there is grace; for the wing of honor there is shame; for the wing of letting go there is the wing of keeping. We can only fly with two wings and two wings can only stay in the air if there is a balance. Two beautiful wings is perfection. There is a generation of people who idealize perfection as the existence of only one of these wings every time. But I see that a bird with one wing is imperfect. An angel with one wing is imperfect. A butterfly with one wing is dead. So this generation of people strive to always cut off the other wing in the hopes of embodying their ideal of perfection, and in doing so, have created a crippled race.” PeopleLifeInspirationalWisdomTruthInspirational QuotesHumanityPerfectInspiringJourneyInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesLivingLife And LivingPerfectionWingsAncientFlyingFlightHuman RaceImperfectionLiving LifeLife S JourneyThe JourneyTwo Wings Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The beginning of this year has alerted me to a brand new phenomenon. That the definition/the image, of fear, has changed! It used to be that when one stood up to face the demon and look it in the eye for what it is-- this was once upon a time called courage. To stand in darkness and look at it, this was called courage. But in recent times, evidently this has changed. Today, when we stand and look at a demon in its face, and fight it, we are the fearful ones. We fight because we are fearful. Only the courageous can ignore. Why have the acts of indifference, omition and evasion, now become the new definition of courage? There is no bravery in the act of looking the other way, to cover one's eyes in order not to see what is. There is bravery in the act of uncovering one's eyes, looking at what is, gazing into the eyes of demons. Look and see, what has become of our world, what has become of us. Do not be afraid to rise, to conquer.” FearCourageWisdom QuotesBraveryDemonsBe BraveBe StrongTake CourageGuidance For Our Times Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I'm not an advocate of promiscuity; but then I'm also not an advocate of being virginal. It's not like I put virginity or celibacy on a pedestal, and as long as I don't get your promiscuity rubbed into my face— I don't care about it! What I do care about is the ability to recognize the sanctity of a union of two souls— you just can't say your soul isn't being united with others' when you have sex with them. So I think you'd better own up to what you're doing— no matter how frequently or infrequently or with how many different people you do it. I mean, make good choices! You are, after all, entwining your soul with another's.” SexWisdom QuotesGuidanceVirginityCelibacyPromiscuityHave Sex WiselyMake Good Sexual ChoicesSex Is The Union Of SoulsSexual AdviceSoul Union Author:C. JoyBell C.