The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to have faith in. Love is a temporary insanity. We cannot love and be limited. Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle. Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.Some things I believe in:-we don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change. -no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. -true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love. -you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. -it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be. -you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them. -you can keep going long after you can't. -we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. -either you control your attitude or it controls you. -regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place. -heroes are the people who do what has to be done, when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. -money is a lousy way of keeping score. -my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. -sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up. -sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel. -just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. -maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated. -it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself. -no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief. -our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. -just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do. -you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever. -two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different. -your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you. -even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help. -credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being -people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon