#gift

Abbey," Sarah said, "life is to be lived. If you're living, you're going to stumble along the way." "All the time?" Abigail lept to her feet and began to pace. "I have such a bad temper and when I was in my teens, I wasn't above using my gift for revenge. None of you did that." Joley slowly raised her hand, sliding down in the chair as she did so. Hannah followed suit, though she didn't look in the least remorseful. Sarah shrugged her shoulders and raised her hand and glared at Elle, who just grinned sheepishly and put up a couple of fingers. Carol tossed her head and waved her arm with gusto. ↗

— Christine Feehan

#humor #revenge #humor

Sometimes life is your opponent and just showing up is a victory. ↗

— John Passaro

#gift #handicap #keep-moving-forward #wrestling #life

The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed. ↗

— Anton Seidl

#believed #composition #conductor #does #found

Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are. ↗

— Patti Digh

#gifts #giving #giving-space #life

The Lord has to break us down at the strongest part of our self-life before He can have His own way of blessing us. ↗

— James H. McConkey

#spirituality #life

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#darkness #gift #love #love

What greater gift than the love of a cat. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#gifts #love #love

A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect. ↗

— Jonathan Lockwood Huie

#gift #love #openness #wonderful #love

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. ↗

— Thomas à Kempis

#love #love

The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#gifts #living-in-the-moment #loving-others #mindfulness #rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes