When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.- a. bell
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.
-- Lewis B. Smedes
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
-- Elwyn Brooks White