“For of course one is never safe when in love. Growth is demanding and may seem dangerous, for there is loss as well as gain in growth. But why go on living if one has ceased to grow? And what more demanding atmosphere for growth than love in any form, than any relationship which can call out and requires of us our most secret and deepest selves?” IfsWellsMaySelfSeemsFormCoursesGrowsGrowthLossSecretDangerousGoes OnSafeGainsAtmosphere Book:Journal of a Solitude Source: Journal of a Solitude
“Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean a giving up of familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, relationships that have lost their meaning. As Dostoevsky put it, "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." The real fear should be of the opposite course.” PeopleGivingShouldMayMeanRealValuesCoursesLostGrowthStepsSecuritySafeDemandGiving UpOppositesPatternsSurrenderFamiliarTemporaryNew Words Author:Gail Sheehy
“The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.” LongProcessGrowthTermKeysComfortSafeSafetyEmbraceExcellenceLong TermExpensesMediocrityShellsStaticLearning Process Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“For me, love is the feeling of being at home no matter where on earth you are. It's a comfort that silences anxieties. It's the feeling of finding a safe place in the middle of disaster. Love does not judge. Love promotes personal growth. Love is not materialistic. It's intangible yet somehow an undeniable feeling. You know it when you have it. I have lots of love in my life and I am blessed.” KnowsDoeMatterFeelingsHomeEarthGrowthLove IsSilenceMiddleJudgingComfortSafeAnxietyFindingsBlessedPersonal GrowthDisasterMaterialisticIntangibleSafe Places Author:Melanie Iglesias