37 Quotes by Paula Heller Garland

All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was.

I call my it "the Book of Paula" or BoP for short. Those are my own opinions, based on experience.

As I was standing in my kitchen cooking yesterday, a quiet task that causes my mind to begin reminiscing (similar to washing dishes, cleaning the bathrooms and mowing), I reached for the kitchen scissors and off I went. Kitchen scissors. Who knew there were special scissors to cut food items? Mom did.

One of the most important lessons I've recently learned? I have to move forward without that apology. Waiting on it has bound me to an anchor that is pulling me under. What would make the other person apologize for hurting me when they're far too selfish to notice they have?

Late that night we were both still thinking about the events as they unfolded. He suggested a drive back to the water to bring some closure. As we stood in the water I felt so thankful to have been with a friend capable of hearing and expressing emotion.

Enjoy the music in your earbuds in your own head. Dancing and singing because you enjoy the tune so much you can't contain yourself doesn't amuse others in Starbucks.

I'm amazed how my soul is served the messages I need to be fed at exactly the time I'm in need. When I'm open.

When we see others cry it is difficult, not because of feeling their pain, but your own.

Life became more aligned when I started taking some of the advice I'd been dishing out to my friends.