God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, “I love you, God,” is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, “Thank you, God,” is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now.
“…Books can become worn and faded but never grow old. Miguel de Cervantes teaches that everyone, regardless of nobility or peasantry, is important. It’s a message of hope, and what is life without hope? Do you agree, Angelina?”
Angelina thought of all she wanted to accomplish in life. “Hope is everything,” she said.
A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years.
How many feelings can one heart hold?… Infinite, Luna thought. The way the universe is infinite. It is light and dark and endless motion; it is space and time, and space within space, and time within time. And she knew: there is no limit to what the heart can carry.
In my life I’ve discovered that if I cling to the notion that something’s not possible, I’m arguing in favor of limitation. And if I argue for my limitations, I get to keep them.
There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself–not just sometimes, but always.
There is a right way to do things and a wrong way, if you’re going to run a hotel in a smugglers’ town.
Next time you’re afraid, honey, you just imagine one of these heroes standing guard at your bedroom door. I know that angels are real, child. I’ve felt their presence in my life.
I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can’t believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant.
But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.
To love the journey is to accept no such end. I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one.