#motion

Many people feel like they were born into the wrong family. Nevertheless, adults must take responsiblity for the pain of the past and create a productive life in the present. ↗

— James P. Krehbiel

#family #self-help #family

The feeling of love comes and goes on a whim; you can't control it. But the action of love is something you can do, regardless of how you are feeling. ↗

— Russ Harris

#love #relationship #love

Like most humanoids, I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the "monkey mind"--the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. From the distant past to the unknowable future, my mind swings wildly through time, touching on dozens of ideas a minute, unharnessed and undisciplined. This in itself is not necessarily a problem; the problem is the emotional attachment that goes along with the thinking. Happy thoughts make me happy, but-whoop!-how quickly I swing again into obsessive worry, blowing the mood; and then it's all over again; and then my mind decides it might be a good time to start feeling sorry for itself, and loneliness follows promptly. You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#emotions #feelings #god #obedience #possible

I hate being so emotionally slutty. I need to stop loving everyone I have a long conversation with. ↗

— Sara Quin

#love #sara-quin #tegan-and-sara #tegan-quin #love

. . . mixing defensiveness with anger - a wonderful mix, by the way. ↗

— Liza Palmer

#emotions #humor #anger

I don't think I've ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail the scars and all their secrets. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#emotions #poetry #poetry-quotes #scars #secrets

Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#humor #humor

Ain't No Drama Like Bedroom Drama ↗

— Renata D. Johnson

#friendships #humor #love #relationships #sex

If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your heard even, you experience them fully and completely. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#business