“All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was.”
Paula Heller Garland“Don't beg a man to keep you. If he isn't sure you are the right one make the decision for yourself. You deserve better than maybe.”
Paula Heller Garland“People may say no one ever died of a broken heart, but when you're suffering from one, it sure doesn't feel that way--at least initially.”
Paula Heller Garland“I lit the candles and said out loud, “what am I waiting on? Someone to sell them in a garage sale for a quarter after I die?” And it was beautiful. And the smell was even more incredible than I remembered.”
Paula Heller Garland“I'm amazed how my soul is served the messages I need to be fed at exactly the time I'm in need. When I'm open.”
Paula Heller Garland“The moment I felt my life return was when I took a breath and said to him, "No thank you. Were I as perfect as you are demanding, life would be rather boring.”
Paula Heller Garland“When we see others cry it is difficult, not because of feeling their pain, but your own.”
Paula Heller Garland“The burden of my anxiety is not my child's.”
Paula Heller Garland“The truth, for me, is I do accept everyone. I believe people are going to be who they are going to be. Moreover, I strongly disagree that it is my place in life to judge who they are. Or to attempt to mold them into whom I believe they should become.”
Paula Heller Garland“I don't know the perfect thing to say when a person is hurting but I do know the last thing they want to hear are reasons they shouldn't be hurting.”
Paula Heller Garland“Hurting the person who hurt you won't heal your pain. Let them go. Karma will deal with them you don't have to write the script for the universe.”
Paula Heller Garland