Robin Prag: Clinical Psychologist, Life Guide & Mentor.
“Life is complex.
Each one of us must make his own path through life.
There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers.
The right road for one is the wrong road for another.
The journey of life is not paved in blacktop [bitumen]; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs.
It is a rocky path through the wilderness.”
M. Scott Peck.
“Only understanding and empathy have any hope of moving the conversation forward among opposing sides.”
– Catherine Ingram.
“Trying to fix the world is like trying to change a movie by manipulating the movie screen. The world as we know it is simply a screen onto which we project our thoughts. Until we change those thoughts, the movie stays the same.
Whenever our outer world remains stuck, it is incumbent upon us to look, not outward, but inward. It is a call to find the places in ourselves where we are holding on to old ways.”
– Marianne Williamson
“Our memories make us who we are…
Choose one moment in every day that is worth cherishing,
welcome that moment into your Memory Palace,
nurture it always, and it will never leave you”.
– Ross Welford in Time Travelling with a Hamster.
“Yet, my fantasy of marriage as a wellspring of contentment has completely disappeared, and so should yours. Thinking you get happiness ever after is a ticket to divorce. I’ll tell you the four things I now know about marriage, from my own transforming relationship and from conversations with other flummoxed spouses:
A. Marriage can be hell;
B. The grass is not greener on the other side;
C. Savour the highs, because one thing you can count on – the dips are just around the corner; and
D. Nobody is perfect, so you may as well love the one you’re with.
To get to this stage took a lot of work and a lot of tears. I cannot imagine going through this psyche-searing task again with someone new. Therefore, I surrender to this imperfect marriage, because I love it more than I hate it and I committed to this man with a promise that I need to, we all need to, do our best to fulfil.
– Iris Krasnow: Surrendering to Marriage.
“When I say, ‘I love you’, do I come with a full bowl to be shared, or an empty bowl
to be filled?”
– Old Chinese Proverb.
Listening to Life 