l o v e

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.*

*by Thomas Merton

s e l f - l o v e

If you are not energized, inspired or pleased yourself; you will have very little to give to others. Simply try putting yourself, your time, your dreams before all else for a month and experience that you will be able to love more, be more aware and present – to the joy of all around you.
Understand and accept that you are the most important person in your life.

l i f e

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. *

* by John Lennon

f o r m e r

I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.

t r a v e l

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.