The ghosts that exert the most power in people__ lives-at least, the people I know__end to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.
Whatever it is that you want to do, do it today because you can handle the pain of trying hard now but you won__ be able to handle the pain of regret later.
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Whatever it is that you want to do, do it today because you can handle the pain of trying hard now but you won__ be able to handle the pain of regret later.
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This isn__ how things were supposed to happen. I was supposed to be me. Not this.
and I told myself -- as I've told myself before -- that the body shuts down then the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this will pass. But just like always, I didn't slip away. I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown.
The higher consciousness are the ones who get the most pain.
It__ that short-lived happiness, which empowers us to bear; long-lasting pain in living.
This thing we have, it hurts, he continued. But the pain is almost sweet because it means YOU happened. We happened. And I can't regret that, no matter how little or how long I get to tag along with you and pretend that I don't hate having people recognize me or take pictures or having people whisper about my record--" Your record?"" My criminal record, Bonnie, Nothing platinum there. I'm an ex-con, and starting over and building a new life where I can put it behind me, I'm building a new life where it will never be behind me, and for you, its worth it. It's easy math.