MauraStewart’s most recent Quotables

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.

I think the problem with reasonable and societally-accepted behavior is that we train ourselves to pursue planned paths and stable foundations. As a result, we never have the opportunity to discover and chase what makes us truly feel alive. Solution: Be unreasonable in the pursuit of your dreams.

They say: you don't know what you've got until it's gone. Truth: You knew exactly what you had, you just never thought you'd lose it.

What makes life worth living is knowing that one day you'll wake up and find the person that makes you happier than anything in the whole world. So don't ever lose hope and give up, everything turns out okay and the good guys always wins.

Never expect; always give the benefit of doubt; give better than your best; be open to everything; don’t expect the worst but if it happens, embrace it; do your karma by giving but never let the person know; never crush your creativity; don’t live life with blinkers on; and learn at least one new thing every day.

A strong woman takes risks, takes compliments and tries not to take herself too seriously.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Don't forget that in the midst of all your pain and heartache, you are surrounded by beauty, the wonder of creation, art, your music and culture, the sounds of laughter and love, of whispered hopes and celebrations, of new life and transformation, of reconciliation and forgiveness

Beginnings are always scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts. You just have to give hope a chance to float up.

Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

For whatever it's worth, I am here to tell you that it IS possible.
It is possible.

Love is for everyone. The good, the bad, the disabled, the mad. Show more love to someone who doesn't understand what it is and free them from the pain and isolation that surrounds them.

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder...

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

My Happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectation.