Category: Thought For The Day

Today’s quotes follow up yesterday’s Daily Reflection about the desire and importance of being held in life…

“Sometimes you just need to be held by the right person and all of life’s stress just melts away.” (Unknown )

“Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or repressed. But you have to keep searching for your body’s deeper need, the need for genuine love. Every time you are able to go beyond the body’s superficial desires for love, you are bringing your body home and moving toward integration and unity.” (Henri Nouwen)

“I may be strong and able to carry myself through many situations. But, really, sometimes I just want to be held and told everything will be okay. And you know what, it’s okay to want that, because it’s what God would want for me as well.” (Andrew Arthur Dawson)

“I would rather spend a lifetime getting to know someone who shows their love by wanting to hold me tightly than someone who says they find me attractive or even hot.” (Andrew Arthur Dawson)

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson

Today’s quotes surround the subject of not having to go to battle with another, which was what yesterday’s Grateful Heart Monday discussed as well.

“Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.” (Erwin Rommel)

“Being strong doesn’t always mean you have to fight the battle. True strength is being mature enough to walk away from the nonsense with your had held high.” (Unknown)

“There are some people who always seem angry and continuously look for conflict. Walk away; the battle they are fighting isn’t with you, it is with themselves.” (Unknown)

“Sometimes the strongest people are the ones who love beyond all faults, cry behind close doors, and fight battles that nobody will ever know about.” (Unknown)

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson

Keeping one’s heart opened in this world can often feel so very painful, but in the long run, to connect with others and even yourself, and to experience true peace and joy, it’s a must. Today’s quotes are all about the importance of this…

“Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others, and especially for yourself.” (Morrie Schwartz)

“I don’t know much about this world, but I do know one thing. When people open their hearts they find the courage to do remarkable things. So keep your heart open. I wouldn’t worry about anything else.” (R.M. Drake)

“Keep your heart open and the answer will show up.” (Unknown)

“Keeping an open heart sustains unconditional love in a conditional world.” (Dr. Debra Rebie)

“The energy involved to keeping your heart closed and the difficulty that it will require in reopening is far harder than simply keeping it open and never letting it close.” (Andrew Arthur Dawson)

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson