I choose not to think of my life as surviving, but coping.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned.
I can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable every day - waiting until I die.
I don't want to die with regrets. I like living and experiencing and feeling the whole lot.
In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.
I think my whole life, because of where I came from, I had a fear of failure.
I'm living life as best I can - but I'm not exempt from failure and making bad choices.
I think I'm one of life's copers. And picking myself up and dusting myself off and starting all over again is one of my mottoes, actually.
I choose to live without hope to protect myself from disappointment. It's very effective!
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.
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