Bertolt Brecht

"It's alright to hesitate if you then go ahead."

— Bertolt Brecht

German Poet, Playwright

1898 - 1956

Making decisions is often difficult.  We hesitate, not sure if we are making the right decision.  Sometimes we need to trust ourselves and move ahead.  It is normal to second guess one's self — to question if one is doing the right thing.  But ultimately, one must stand up and be counted.  What decisions are you facing that you are uncertain about?  What decisions are you regretting having made?  What does your heart say?  Don't let your analytical mind win.  Trust your heart.

Simone Weil

"Contradiction is the criterion of reality."

— Simone Weil

French Philosopher/Writer

1909 - 1943

For me, I am a walking, talking contradiction and my experience is that so are most of the people whom I have met in my life.  Have you ever said one thing and done another? Do you tell people that you love them and yet you often hurt them?  Do you believe in peace and love and yet find yourself becoming angry at the behavior of others?  Do you teach one thing and do another?  Life is full of contradictions.  And that is okay.  Contradictions make us human.  All our heroes have clay feet.  And we should love them anyway.  What are the contradictions in your life?  What makes you human?

Albert Camus

"But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads."

— Albert Camus

French Algerian Novelist

1913 - 1960

Are you in harmony with the life you have chosen to lead?  Or do you have multiple personalities?  Do you behave one way today and another tomorrow?  Are you in conflict with yourself?  Or are you at peace with the person you are?  Sometimes we spend a lifetime searching for happiness.  And we only find it when we make peace with who we are and what we have done.  Shake your hand and give yourself a hug.  You are all you have.  Accept the person you are.