We’re never so vulnerable than when we trust someone – but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.
—Walter Anderson
Topics: Trust
True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome True hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort
—Walter Anderson
Topics: Adversity, Hope
Our lives improve only when we take chances—and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
—Walter Anderson
Topics: Live, Improvement, Risk-taking, Risk, Difficulty
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.
—Walter Anderson
Topics: Anxiety, One liners, Action
If you’re angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug – which is all the more reason to do so. It’s hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you, and that’s precisely what happens when we hug each other.
—Walter Anderson
Topics: Anger
Anxiety and fear produce energy. Where we focus that energy noticeably affects the quality of our lives: focus on the solution, not the problem.
—Walter Anderson
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have ? life itself.
—Walter Anderson
Topics: Responsibility
Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.
—Walter Anderson
Topics: Smiles
You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think.
—Walter Anderson
Topics: Thinking
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