33 Quotes by Collette O'Mahony

As I tore myself from youI heard a weeping soundYou thread a needleto darn the hole I leftand embroider a new plan

We try to divorce our painby searching a sea of facesto ease our inner ache.Life’s challenge is to transform our painand marry the beauty within us.

Your true self must shine through to attract the person who mirrors the highest vision of you.

If my eyes are covered by shadowsIf my lips cannot utter a soundThe truth within me shall find youBy the light of our infinite bond

Don’t undermine your self-confidence by comparing your path to those who move quickly because they travel on the surface. Each person is unique and requires a special place in the world.

Until you resolve your relationship with yourself, you can never be fully in a relationship with another. It is by putting your true self at the center of your world that you can give up the need to be rescued and achieve full responsibility for your life. When you allow love to be at your center, it flourishes in you. When love flourishes in you, it flourishes around you.

Love begins in mindfulness. Love is expressed in relationship to another but the source is not the relationship. The source of love is within us.

You hold me like a favored bookPressing my spine with your fingersLeafing through my pagesAnticipating each phraseYou rest me on your kneeAs you ponder their meaningFeeling me weaveLyrically through your soulAnd when you return to meYou devour me from cover to cover

One of the best ways to find out who you are and who you are not is through your relationships with others. Some relationships are meant to be finite, not all relationships are meant to last forever. Mental expectation tries to put permanence on something that was meant to be temporary.