“If you can be happy for the joy in the lives of others, you will find more joy in your own life. Isn’t that neat? That means that instead of telling you that you first need to work on finding… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
“If lovers actually were brought together by some chubby, winged cupid shooting fiery arrows, then imagine if, after the fact, Cupid cared not one… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
“It’s probably long overdue for us to throw out what we think we know about love. Girls have grown up with too many fairy tale/date movies/romance bodice-rippers racing around in our heads—the warrior with his rippling muscles and the golden-maned damsel clinging to his breeches. The title is something like Savage Heat or Destiny’s Desire. This is the fairy tale… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share
“Life is the best teacher, just as it is. It is the toughest teacher. It won’t tolerate slothfulness for long. It’s always throwing some… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
“Life is always going to throw us curve balls. It is always going to rock the boat just when we are getting particularly settled.… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
“We also want strength to be the stance we cultivate so that life doesn’t hurt. If I’m strong enough, fortified enough, then that must mean I can keep pain at bay. But I’m strong, and I’m hurting. I have to let it wash over me because that’s all that I can do. Breathe it in, all this pain. I am… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share
“Our perception of reality is malleable. Everything is always shifting. We may not have the power to change an event, but we do have… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
“Life has just thrown you for a loop, encouraging you to break free from old patterns and ways of being. So why be predictable… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
“In mature love, in order to reach a point where we can find the objects before us lovable, I feel that we must first focus on finding ourselves lovable. This means discovering the truth about our selves and our desires and then honoring this truth to the best of our ability. This is not so much a matter of choosing… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share
“When we continue to devalue our inherent needs, when we begin to reduce ourselves as a person in order to stay in a relationship,… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
“But reality is erratic. Surprising. Elegant. We will never earn a respite from all of the things in our lives encouraging us to grow,… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
“If you can be happy for the joy in the lives of others, you will find more joy in your own life. Isn’t that… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
“You did not leave Crazytown for Boo-hooville. Boo-hooville is a layover. It is a temporary stop. It is the dismal Greyhound bus station in… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
