Quotes about Change

No, this is no beginning. Then an end? End is a gloomy word.

Door in the Dark: In going from room to room in the dark, I reached out blindly to save my face, But neglected, however lightly, to lace My fingers and close my arms in an arc. A slim door got in past my guard, And hit me a blow in the head so hard I had my native simile jarred. So people and things don't pair any more With what they used to pair with before.

Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.

A Late Walk - A Tree beside the wall stands bare, But a leaf that lingered brown, Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought, comes softly rattling down. I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower to carry again to you.

Nature's first green is gold

This saying good-by on the edge of the dark And the cold to an orchard so young in the bark Reminds me of all that can happen...

Your life today is the sum total of your choices. So if you're not happy with it, look back at your choices and start making different ones. Even if you are struck by lighting and injured, you made choices that led you to that spot at a particular time - and you get to choose how you feel about it afterward.

Until you stop wishing things were different, accept the way they are, and take up the sole responsibility of doing something about it, nothing will change.

Life Lessons FROM LOSS If you experience loss, it doesn't means you lost. it means you've been blessed with an opportunity to take a moment, realize how special someone or something has been to you, and go through new doors that were closed to you before.

Life peels us like an onion and every layer is softer and sweeter.

Because words unsaid can change a course as surely as words said.

We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are up for grabs.