"Once we make our relationship choices in an……" — David Richo
"Once we make our relationship choices in an adult way, a prospective partner who is unavailable, nonreciprocal, or not open to processing feelings and issues, becomes, by those very facts, unappealing. Once we love ourselves, people no longer look good to us unless they are good for us."
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34 Quotes by David Richo
David Richo has 34 quotes on this site.
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Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it.
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Mindful grief means mourning and letting go of the past without expectation, fear, censure, blame, shame, control and so forth.…
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A wound does not destroy us. It activates our self-healing powers. The point is not to "put it behind you"…
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In mindful grief, we become the landing strip that allows any feelings to arrive. Some crash, some land softly. Some…
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Evoke one good memory for each bad one from now on.
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In the hero stories, the call to go on a journey takes the form of a loss, an error, a…
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We do not create our destiny; we participate in its unfolding. Synchronicity works as a catalyst toward the working out…
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Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.
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In a true you-and-I relationship, we are present mindfully, nonintrusively, the way we are present with things in nature.We do…
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Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or…
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Our tears are precious, necessary, and part of what make us such endearing creatures.
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When we feel unsafe with someone and still stay with him, we damage our ability to discern trustworthiness in those…
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
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