More Quotes by Mitch Albom
The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.
Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.
Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come
You know what really offers you satisfaction? Offering others what you have to give.
All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.
We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.
Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.
This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.
What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next... It is still unwritten.
