Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"No misery compares to staring at a clear night's sky with arms stretched toward a coveted star, wishing on what is forever out of reach."
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"No misery compares to staring at a clear night's sky with arms stretched toward a coveted star, wishing on what is forever out of reach."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Nature awakens each day in brilliant autumn colors, making me wish the pale winter would bid adieu."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"The bitterest hardships, the most daunting trials; none of these are burdens if it means being with you."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Why only gaze at the stars? Catch one!"
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Don't ignore me. I only get more annoying."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"When you begin to care too much about what everyone else says, your confidence shrinks and you start to feel like insignificant, little Jack in a strange land of intimidating giants. But when you come to realize that opinions are as diverse and plentiful as dried beans, you might reach the conclusion that your own is of the greatest worth. That's when your confidence grows, and soon you find yourself striding like Gandalf the wondrous wizard among common hobbits in the shire. Respecting your own opinion is the magic that transforms both you and your world."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"I hate it when storm clouds roll in, heralded by dazzling claps of thunder and lightning that boast an ocean of tears. This majestic performance of bad temper manages to overshadow my pathetic attempts at pouting. No one broods like Mother Nature, hence she steals all the attention I was sulking after."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"There are people who are never content, never appeased, forever dissatisfied—who continually look to what escapes them, convincing themselves that if only they could attain that one desire outside of reach they would be happy. It seems almost pointless to give to these people because their eyes immediately shift from the gift to stare miserably at the portion held back. Their wants, demands, expectations, appetites are never satiated, thus they refuse to be happy. And you cannot make them so."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in both cases our assumptions are wrong."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Perhaps, if you weren't so busy regarding my shortcomings, you'd find that I do possess redeeming qualities, discreet as they may be. I notice when the sky is blue. I smile down at children. I laugh at any innocent attempt at humor. I quietly carry the burdens of others as though they were my own. And I say 'I'm sorry' when you don't. I am not without fault, but I am not without goodness either."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Tomorrow is an illusion suggesting that another chance always exists. It is a dangerously false illusion."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"It's an unfortunate fact that I'm easily discouraged. But the fortunate truth is I'm stubborn as hell and near impossible to sway in my resolve."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"To encourage me is to believe in me, which gives me the power to defeat dragons."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Had she any respect for him at all, his words would've affected her. But no value accompanies comments spewed from the mouth of a brute."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Christmas, when observed with the right spirit, still has the power to call miracles from Heaven to Earth."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"The power of a smile is such that even drawing a happy face on a piece of paper makes your lips turn up."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
"Happiness is simply a habit of looking on the brighter side of everything."
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
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