A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was preparing dinner. Mom,guess what ? she squealed waving the drawing . her mother never looked up. what? she said ,tending to the pots. guess what? the child repeated ,waving the drawings. what? the mother said , tending to the plates. Mom, you're not listening sweetie,yes I am Mom the child said you're not listening with your EYES β¨ Mitch Albom (2009). Have a Little Faith: A True Story, Hyperion
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- Sacrifice is a part of life. Itβs supposed to be. Itβs not something to regret. Itβs something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter β¦ βΆ
- Weβre so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaksβweβre involved in trillions of little act β¦ βΆ
- There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like.
- Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing. β¨ Mitch Albom (2012). The Time Keeper, p.87, Hachette UK
- Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one. β¨ The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Book by Mitch Albom, 2003.
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