I canโt reconcile who he was, the man who was so kind and loving and considerate, with who he is now. I know the truth is who Iโm seeing now, but I keep hoping the former man will come back. Itโs like I love someone who doesnโt even exist.
Donโt blame yourself. You believed what he told you, because you trusted him. Youโre a warm, open, trusting person. And youโre trustworthy. Trustworthy people like us always get screwed, because we expect other people to be like us. Donโt let his bad behavior make you question yourself.
Humans were always trying to fit in. Many of them didnโt feel like they belonged. When someone came along and was brave enough to show the truth of who they were, flaws and all, it could inspire others to accept themselves as they were.
My Stuyvesant students were not satisfied. Why was I telling them stories of women from the Islands and Puerto Ricans and Greeks when the world was going to hell? Because the women from the Islands believe in education. You can demonstrate and shake your fists, burn your draft cards and block the traffic with your bodies, but what do you know in the end? For the ladies from the Islands there is one relevance, education. That is all they know. That is all I know. That is all I need to know.
Too many rights without responsibility. Gives people evil power. It result to the extinct of morals, manners, values, respect, humanity, love, and other good character traits.
You climb from the misty valley to the top to see the sun; this time the top is covered with fog; you go back to the valley to see the sun! That's life! Wisdom is to anticipate the moves of life in advance and thus not to run around like crazy!