Staying safe and healthy

To my family and friends. Remember you're not alone. I think of you and hope you're staying safe and healthy. I love you and I hug you in my prayers.

You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.  -Frederick Buechner

Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends - they will never go out of fashion. - Niki Taylor

Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends. - Courtland Milloy

The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends. Gerald Ford

I've learned that all a person has in life is family and friends. If you lose those, you have nothing, so friends are to be treasured more than anything else in the world. Trey Parker 

Present your family and friends with their eulogies now - they won't be able to hear how much you love them and appreciate them from the grave. 

Move on with your life

I forgive people but that doesn’t mean I accept their behavior or trust them. I forgive them for me, so I can let go and move on with my life.

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.– Dr. Seuss

“It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.– Nicholas Sparks

“You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, d’I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.– Joel Osteen

“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.– Deborah Reber

“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.– C. JoyBell

I feel very strongly about this. I do not buy into the school of thought that you should forgive all bad behavior because it will help you. Certain actions will not be condoned nor rewarded with my forgiveness. When someone chooses to cross the line then the consequence is that there is no going back.