“I’ve finally figured out a way to stand strong on my own.” LoveLifeHappinessStrength Author:Scott Stabile
“Find people who can handle your darkest truths, who don’t change the subject when you share your pain, or try to make you feel bad for feeling bad. Find people who understand we all struggle, some of us more than others, and that there’s no weakness in admitting it. In fact, few things take as much strength. Find people who want to be real, however that looks and feels, and who want you to be real, too. Find people who get that life is hard, and who get that life is also beautiful, and who aren’t afraid to honor both those realities. Find people who help you feel more at home in your heart, mind and body, and who take joy in your joy. Find people who love you, for real, and who accept you, for real. Just as you are. They’re out there, these people. Your tribe is waiting for you. Don’t stop searching until you find them. 9/30/16 Then her heart opened wider than it ever had before, and all she saw before her, everywhere she looked, were people to love.” PeopleLoveLifeRealTruthHappinessBeautyFamilyFriends Author:Scott Stabile
“To all the friends out there struggling while so many are celebrating right now, please know that you are not alone, and you are so loved. I hold you in my heart and send you extra support and love these days, and all the light I know how to muster. I love you.” LoveLightInspirationHappinessFriendsAloneLovedEncouragment Author:Scott Stabile
“Happiness is not a choice, or we’d all be happy. Let’s stop putting unnecessary pressure on ourselves to be happy all the time, and to pretend we can choose to be happy whenever we want. That’s not how life works. Sure, we can make choices that reflect a commitment to our well-being, and the more of these choices we make, the more likely we are to find ourselves feeling good more often. Healthy choices are within our power, and are important. But we can’t choose happiness, and we just set ourselves up for failure by believing we can. Life is more than happiness, anyway. It’s okay to feel all the things we feel. It’s human. There’s no shame in wanting to be happy, of course. We all want to be happy. But rather than try to choose happiness, maybe we can choose to being kinder and more loving. That we can do. We can work hard to take better care of ourselves, and better care of each other. If we do these things, and we remember that we are all connected, all brothers and sisters, all worthy of love, maybe then happiness will choose us a little more often.” LoveLifeTruthHappinessInspirational QuotesBeliefFamilyPowerFailureFriendsHumanShameHappyWell BeingChoiceLoving Author:Scott Stabile
“When we open ourselves up to feeling, we can't only open ourselves up to feeling certain things. The same is true when we shut ourselves down. The walls that guard against sadness also guard against happiness.” LoveInspirationHappinessSadnessFeeling Author:Scott Stabile
“Happiness is not found in a life lived for the expectations of others. Rather than seek happiness living my life to please the will of others, I will seek happiness where I know it can be found—living my life to please the will of my heart.” LoveInspirationHappinessCompassion Author:Scott Stabile
“As much as I love to see the sun setting behind a city skyline, and to feel the pure majesty of a wild river or soaring mountain, and to fade, then disappear into a transcendent book, song or film, I am always most astounded, moved and transported by the warmth and kindness of a loving person. Always.” LoveInspirationHappinessCompassionKindness Author:Scott Stabile
“You change our world for the better by changing our world for the better.” WorldLoveHappinessCompassionKindnessBetter World Author:Scott Stabile
“Be a person who gives a shit about other people.” LoveHappinessCompassionCaring Author:Scott Stabile
“How much longer until we finally figure out how to be with one another? How many times do we have to play out this pain? I’m ready for something different. Aren’t you.” LoveInspirationPainHappinessCompassion Author:Scott Stabile
“It’s easy to rebuke each other’s opinions, but can we honor each other’s pain? Can we make the effort to see beyond the portraits we’ve painted of one another, and to connect to the humanity that thrives beneath our own assumptions? Can we be relentless in our desire to tear down walls, and to build bridges? Can we be brave and stay committed to the conversations that need to be had? The only thing I know about these questions is that I need to replace the we with I, and begin to answer them from there. One thing I know for sure: I want to become the example I wish to see in others. That's a good place to start. Another thing I know for sure: I love you. You're beautiful. You rock.” LoveLifeInspirationTruthHappinessFriendshipDifferencesCompassionKindness Author:Scott Stabile
“I looked at my life and for the first time felt like I could hold it all. That I didn’t need to let go of anything in order to be whole. That even those things I’d been clinging to had a place in my freedom. That every single thing played its role.” LoveLifeTruthHappinessFreedomCompassionFree Author:Scott Stabile
“Here's the thing about meditation, as I try once again to make it a habit... Even when I close my eyes to meditate for five minutes, body fidgeting, mind racing and worrying and busying itself with everything but the present moment, I still feel quieter, more relaxed when I open my eyes. Maybe it's just the simple act of giving myself five dedicated minutes of attention (no matter how they play out) to the calm, knowing soul that smiles from within at all of my mental nonsense. We are beings of peace after all. And of love. So much goodness, so much understanding and compassion lives inside each of us, like wide-eyed children, always ready to come out and play.” LoveHappinessCompassionMeditationSelf Love Author:Scott Stabile
“We can't really know what relationships will last or not last in our lives, romantic and otherwise. What we can do is give the best we've got to the relationships we've chosen for ourselves. We can show up with an open heart and mind, be grateful for the exchange of love, and trust in however these relationships evolve. We can also be grateful for the relationships that have ended, trusting that we received from them something important that has helped to move us farther along our paths.” LoveInspirationTruthHappinessRelationshipsCompassion Author:Scott Stabile
“Making someone responsible for your misery also makes them responsible for your happiness. Why give that power to anyone but yourself?” HappinessRelationshipsSadResponsibleMisery Author:Scott Stabile
“One of the most empowering things about being human is the fact that a single choice can change the entire direction of our lives. What are you choosing for yourself?” LoveHappinessChangeJourneyEmpowermentChoice Author:Scott Stabile
“There is absolutely no point in comparing ourselves to others. Everyone brings to the world exactly what they are meant to bring, and in doing so touches exactly who they are meant to touch.” LoveHappinessRelationshipsAnswersTeaching Author:Scott Stabile
“I am continually coming back to the belief that I know nothing, or that there are much deeper places to go with what I think I know. It's liberating, actually. I don't think the biggest questions can be answered with any certainty. I'm becoming more and more peaceful not knowing.” LoveLifeInspirationHappinessKnowledgeHumility Author:Scott Stabile
“Today is the perfect day to do something daring. Like just be yourself, for instance.” InspirationHappinessDareBe YourselfLove Yourself Author:Scott Stabile
“We are powerful beyond measure, and we must stand powerfully in the face of injustice and hate. United.” LoveHappinessHatePowerfulCompassionInjustice Author:Scott Stabile