16 Quotes by Mira Kirshenbaum

Think about your story in a new way,′ the wise person says. ‘You’ve been thinking of it as a loss. Now think of it as a liberation. What happened to you – it actually freed you up. And it didn’t just free you up any old way. It freed you from some dead weight of the past so you could find a new home that would bring life to some part of you, maybe the best part of you.

People often chase the danger they’re least afraid of to distract them from the part of life that scares them most.

If only you look, you’ll find that right in that hole is something you’ve desperately needed to complete your journey successfully. And you wouldn’t have found it if you hadn’t fallen in that hole.

If not, you’ll just keep falling into holes until you can grasp the gift cosmos keeps on trying to give you.

When the satisfaction or the security of another person becomes as significant to one as is one’s own satisfaction or security, then the state of love exists.

Fun is the glue of love.

Broken trust can heal more quickly than most of us have thought, too. And it’s worth it, because whoever coined the expression The broken places are stronger where they heal is absolutely right when it comes to trust.