“Many pleasant things are better when they belong to someone else. When things belong to others, we enjoy them twice as much, without the risk of losing them, and with the pleasure of novelty.” EnjoyPleasureRiskLosingPleasantNoveltyPleasant Things Author:Baltasar Gracian
“In a way I do hate the process of writing. It's like learning a role where you never think you're going to be able to conquer it when you start and it just takes enough focus and narrowing and getting enthusiastic and not losing it and so on. It's never good enough, but you aim for something and you hope it comes somewhat close. But it is a pleasure once you have written it.” ThinkingWayWritingEnoughAbleHateProcessPleasureRolesFocusWrittenLosingAimConquerGood EnoughEnthusiasticNever Good Enough Author:Julie Andrews
“Love is at the root of all healthy discipline. The desire to be loved is a powerful motivation for children to behave in ways thatgive their parents pleasure rather than displeasure. it may even be our own long-ago fear of losing our parents' love that now sometimes makes us uneasy about setting and maintaining limits. We're afraid we'll lose the love of our children when we don't let them have their way.” WayMayChildrenLongSometimesDesireMotivationParentLosesLove IsPleasurePowerfulDisciplineHealthyLimitsLosingRootsOur ChildrenSettingSettingsBehaveLong AgoMaintainingUneasyParents LoveDispleasure Book:You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor Source: You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor
“. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we desire, we are only so much the nearer losing it; and when at a distance from it, we live in expectation of enjoying it again.” PainLife IsDesireEvilEnjoyPleasureLosingExpectationsDistancePossessionThis LifeGood And EvilPerpetualPain And Pleasure Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne