The answer doesn't lie in learning how to protect ourselves from life-it lies in learning how to become strong enough to let a bit more of it in. — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Feelings take you into uncharted territory from time to time it's true, but you almost always benefit from the journey one way or the… — Merle Shain Copy Share
The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving. — Merle Shain Copy Share
Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they… — Merle Shain Copy Share
Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So… — Merle Shain Copy Share
It can be much harder to be on the receiving end of a transaction than to be the one who gets to give. In… — Merle Shain Copy Share
The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we must see… — Merle Shain Copy Share
Friends are people who help you be more yourself, more the person you are intended to be. — Merle Shain Copy Share
“ Whether the melon falls on the knife or the knife falls on the melon, it's the melon that suffers." And so it would… — Merle Shain Copy Share
when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you. — Merle Shain Copy Share
Our times are obsessed with finding fulfillment, so there are times when some people try too hard, and there are people who want to… — Merle Shain Copy Share
The day you spend hoping, the day you spend waiting, the day you spend in despair, is a day in your life as much… — Merle Shain Copy Share
Marriage is supposed to do everything, like Duz, which is more than half its problem. It is said to save us, define us, give… — Merle Shain Copy Share
