My quote for the day

I've been searching for the quote about being thankful since yesterday and I found this which is perfect to what Im feeling right now.

"So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done."
-- Marian Wright Edelman

Sometimes, we get overwhelmed with the responsibilities that comes with the blessings that we have received that we forgot to enjoy and be thankful for the blessings first.

Happiness

There's this kind of happiness that you want to share to the world and there's this kind that you just want to keep to yourself. There are times that you're too happy that you want to do both,

keep it to yourself but then you're wishing to share it to the world. So you decide to savor and keep it for yourself, even just for the meantime.

I'm that happy right now :)

Thank you dear Lord for this wonderful and precious gift.

Insanely Great Steve Jobs

"Insanelt Great" are the two words that Steve Jobs always use and in my own opinion, it fits him perfectly.

I heard about the news that he passed away on a radio program on the way to work yesterday morning. At first, I didn't thought that they meant that he's already dead. Imagine, the news the other day was about the launching and disappointment for iPhone4s then the following day, its about Steve Jobs' passing away. The timing are just unbelievable. But then when I opened my PC, all the news was about his passing. Even the social networking sites are all about Steve Jobs, and so it's indeed true.

It's amazing how almost everybody's affected and felt the loss of this great man. Reading the tributes for him are so WOW! It really showed how great he was, how admired, how loved and how big his impact is to the world and to almost everyone. I can't blame them. I'm not really an apple user, I maybe drooling about their products but the practical me chooses the same specs with lower price. But then, when I read Steve Jobs' speech in 2005 Stanford Commencement, I became a fan.

That speech alone is packed with a lot of his wisdom based on his life. It's not only wisdom but inspiration and motivation. It shows how dream and passion can take you to places. It teaches you about perseverance , humility, focus and not giving up.

In that speech, Steve Jobs talked about looking and learning from your past:

Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

He talked about love, loss, humility, perseverance and passion:

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.

He talked about how to live life:

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

He taught us how to use even our greatest adversary, death, as an opportunity to live life to the fullest and with utmost meaning:

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

He talked about reality and purpose of death:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

He talked about how the most important thing in life:

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

And he ended his speech with four powerful words about improving yourself:

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

These are just the wisdom you'll get from one of his speeches. When you google "Steve Jobs quotes", you'll get a lot more and of course, you'll learn a lot while reading it.

In my facebook wall, I posted one of his quotes which I find is timely for his passing:

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me." - Steve Jobs

Thank you Steve Jobs for doing wonderful things, for all the insanely great things that you've done for us, for all the wisdom that you have shared, for being the insanely great innovator that you are and for raising the bar so high that everybody in technology industry now is trying to achieve perfection. You will be missed but will never be forgotten.

Tributes to Steve Jobs:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/10/06/11/tributes-apple-visionary-steve-jobs-pour

Steve Jobs Quotes:

http://www.macstories.net/roundups/inspirational-steve-jobs-quotes/

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/09/20/the-top-20-most-inspiring-steve-jobs-quotes/

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/steve_jobs/

Steve Jobs Speech at Stanford Commencement 2005: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

I've found my mojo in Payless

I've been feeling low for days now ... or weeks. And I can't seem to shake it off. I tried but I couldn't. As in I posted pa na: i need inspiration, a perk-me-up, i need to find my mojo ... monday blues go away!!!
how pathetic, di ba?

Well, yesterday was like a miracle of all miracles and the low and gloomy has turned into happy and giddy!

So, what happened yesterday????

1. A chat with my good friend Candy. It's a chat thru email exchange. Candy's energy and fun-spirit is very infectious and fortunately, she has the time to chit-chat yesterday ... and she types very fast so her reply was quite fast.

2. Catch-up time with Achie. She's uber busy these past few weeks but she still manage to find time to read my emails and yesterday, we had a catch-up. As usual, I feel good after our talk (email exchange). How can I not be, she's one of the very few who truly cares, ever supportive, super understanding and never judgemental. She's a very warm person, full of positivity and embraces you with all the sisterly-love you can ever wish for. Im blessed to have her as my Achie.

3. Unexpected surprise which turns out to be a prayer answered for me. It also goes with the phrase, 'the best things in life are free!'. Something exciting and relaxing to look forward to.

4. Payless ShoeSource. We're on our way home when we passed by this store. It's a new store in Suntec City and I instantly recognize it, thanks to my US trip memories. So, we went in and it feels like Disneyland to me. Yeah, exagg but I was just so happy trying on all the nice, sexy, formal, cool, hot looking shoes!!! AND, they have some of Christian Siriano's design and I instantly fell in love with one of the flats from his collection. And after years of getting over with the boots that Janeo has phased out which has been my super love shoes for about 2 or 3 years, I finally found a nice boots in Payless. Happiness!!!!!

5. Due to my intense happiness and excitement brought about by the shoes that I loved in payless, I was offered 3 pairs of shoes of my choice as a birthday gift! Im still thinking about it though hehehehe! But the thought na may birthday gift for me is happiness ...super happiness!

6. To you who's trying to put back the laughter in me ... thanks! Sorry if my pag-iinarte is costing you but on the brighter side, it paves the way for new and exciting adventures, right? ;) So in that note, I believe, my occasional pag-iinarte is healthy and turns out to be fun in the end. But of course, it wouldn't be as fun and exciting without you. tama na ... keso na masyado ito!

On the way home, I was just smiling and laughing and singing 'It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Ev'rywhere you go'. I love this feeling ... this giddy, child-like happy feeling.

And so, my mojo is back =)

Happy Friday Perfect Quote

This quote is definitely for me:

"Sometimes what you want isn’t always what you get, but in the end what you get is so much better than what you wanted."

Which is why we need to have a thankful heart no matter what circumstances we're in =)

TGIF Quote

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain."
-- Author Unknown

It's never too late to learn how to dance in the rain or even dance under the sun. What matters is that you want to enjoy and live life no matter what the circumstance.

My quote for the day - From Positively Positive

‎"So many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

- Christopher Reeve


Exactly what I needed today ... an inspiration to follow your dream. Besides, like what Les Brown said:

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars."

My quote for the day :)

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

-- Oprah Winfrey

My quote for the day

If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.

-- Sharon Salzber

Grey's Anatomy Quotes

I love watching Grey's Anatomy TV series but I love the quotes I got from there more.
Here are some of my favorites:

“Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon. We can only lie to ourselves for so long. We are tired, we are scared, denying it doesn't change the truth. Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world. Head on, guns blazing. De Nile. It's not just a river in Egypt, it's a freakin' ocean. So how do you keep from drowning in it?” - Dr. Meredit Grey

“At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross.” - Dr. Meredith Grey


“Communication. It's the first thing we really learn in life. Funny thing is, once we grow up, learn our words and really start talking, the harder it becomes to know what to say. Or how to ask for what we really need.” - Dr. Meredith Grey


“At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. It's like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And it's not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy.
Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human. Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know. And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know. At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers, you just breath deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed but sometimes the pain gets you where you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you can't outrun it and life always makes more.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can't get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch, you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep, you never need to come up for air. You can't cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don't want to. Cause when you find that right person for a first kiss, it's everything.” - Dr. Alex Karev


“We're all suseptible to it, the dread and anxiety of not knowing what's coming. It's pointless in the end, because all the worrying and the making of plans for things that could or could not happen, it only makes things worse. So walk your dog or take a nap. Just whatever you do, stop worrying. Because the only cure for paranoia is to be here, just as you are.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“It doesn't matter how much you achieve. If you're a climber, there's always another mountain.

They take pictures of moutain climbers at the top of the mountain. They're smiling, ecstatic, triumphant.

They don't take pictures along the way because who wants to remember the rest of it. We push ourselves because we have to, not because we like it.

The relentless climb, the pain and anguish of taking it to the next level. Nobody takes pictures of that. Nobody wants to remember.

We just want to remember the view from the top. The breathtaking moment at the edge of the world. That's what keeps us climbing. And its worth the pain. Thats the crazy part.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Change; we don’t like it, we fear it, but we can't stop it from coming. We either adapt to change or we get left behind. And it hurts to grow, anybody who tells you it doesn’t is lying. But here's the truth...the more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good. Oh, sometimes, change is...everything.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“If there's just one piece of advice i can give you, it's this - when there's something you really want, fight for it, don't give up no matter how hopeless it seems. And when you've lost hope, ask yourself if 10 years from now, you're gonna wish you gave it just one more shot. because the best things in life, they don't come free.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“At the end of the day, there are some things you just can't help but talk about. Some things we just don't want to hear, and some things we say because we can't be silent any longer. Some things are more than what you say, they're what you do. Some things you say cause there's no other choice. Some things you keep to yourself. And not too often, but every now and then, some things simply speak for themselves.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“And sometimes, against all odds, against all logic, we still hope...” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I'm all glued back together now. I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, it's usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them. The people that are still with you at the end of the day, those are the ones worth keeping, and sure sometimes close can be too close, but sometimes that invasion of personal space - it can be exactly what you need.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Sometimes no matter how much something is hurting you, letting it go hurts even more.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it. Eventually feels a lot better than actually.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“In life only one thing is certain no matter how hard you try, no matter how good your intentions, you are going to make mistakes, you’re going to hurt people, you’re going to get hurt and if you ever want to recover there’s really only one thing you can say… I forgive you

Forgive and forget…
When someone hurts us, we want to hurt them back. When someone wrongs use we want to be right. Without forgiveness old scores are never settled, old wounds never heal and the most we can hope for is that one day we’ll be lucky enough to forget...” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“We're adults. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop? ” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“There's a point in your life when you get tired of fixing everything & trying to make everyone happy. When you finally decide to quit, it's NOT giving up. its realizing you dont need certain people and the bullshit they bring in to your life.” - Dr. Izzie Stevens

“There comes a moment when it's more than just a game, and you either take that step forward or turn around and walk away.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I've had a lot of time to look back on my life. And the things that I remember best - those are the things I wasn't supposed to do and I did them anyway. The thing is, life is too damn short to be following these rules.
” - Denny Duquette

“I'm still mad at you, and I don't know if I trust you. I wanna trust you but I don't know if I do, so I'm just gonna try, I'm gonna try and trust you because I believe we can be extrodinary together rather than ordinary apart.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“You know as well as I do it's not about what you look like, or your job, or how successful you are. It's about having people in your life that you love and who love you... that's all that matters.” - Dr. Miranda Bailey

“Moments. That's all you get with the people you love.” -Denny Duquette

“If you want crappy things to stop happening to you, you have to stop accepting crap and demand something more.” - Dr. Cristina Yang

“Too often going after what feels good means letting go of what you know is right. And letting someone in means abandoning the walls you took so long to build. Of course, the toughest sacrifices are the ones we don't see coming.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I miss him. All the time I miss him and it's not waves, it's constant. All the time...” - Dr. Izzie Stevens

“It's not childish to hold on to hope. It's actually hard, very, very, hard.” - Dr. Izzie Stevens

“We all think we’re going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But sometimes expectations sell us short. Sometimes the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected. You got to wonder why we cling to our expectations, because the expected is just what keeps us steady. Standing. Still, the expected's just the beginning, the unexpected is what changes our lives.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The truth is painful. Deep down no body wants to hear it, especially when it hits close to home. Sometimes we tell the truth because the truth is all we have to give. Sometimes we tell the truth because we need to say it out loud to really hear it for ourselves. And sometimes we tell the truth because we just can't help ourselves. And sometimes we tell them because we owe them at least that much.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Some of us are scared of commitments. And some of us let them slip out of our grasps. Commitments are complicated. We may surprise ourselves at the commitments we ARE willing to make. TRUE COMMITMENT TAKES EFFORT and SACRIFICE.Which is why sometimes we have to learn the hard way, to chose our commitments very carefully.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“We don't get unlimited chances to have the things that we want, and this I know. Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could have changed your life.” - Dr.Addison Forbes Montgomery

“How do you know when how much is too much? Too much too soon. Too much information. Too much fun. Too much love. Too much to ask... And when is it all just too much to bear?” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Friends are the family we choose.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that reality is better. We convince ourselves it's better that we never dream at all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we're lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life the true dream is being able to dream at all.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I don't give a crap what people think about me because I am a happily independent, successful woman and I like it that way.” - Dr. Callie Torres

“It's not about what you look like, or your job or how successful you are, it's about having people in your life who you love and who love you. That's all that matters.” - Dr. Miranda Bailey

“If you're willing to throw caution to the wind and take a chance, the view from the other side is spectacular.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The thing people forget is how good it can feel when you finally set secrets free. Whether good or bad, at least they're out in the open. And once your secrets are out in the open, you don't have to hide behind them anymore. The problem with secrets is even when you think you're in control, you're not..” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“We're all damaged, it seems. Some of us, more than others. We carry the damage with us from childhood, then as grownups, we give as good as we get. Ultimately, we all do damage. And then, we set about the business of fixing whatever we can.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I'm in love with you. I've been in love withyou... forever. And I know it's a little late. I know it's a little late for me to be tell you that. You have a choice to make. I'm just asking you to take your time. Take all the time you need. Because you have a choice to make. And when I had a choice to make - I chose wrong." - Dr. Derek Shepherd

“I'm scared as hell to want you. But here I am wanting you anyway.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“It goes away. The feeling. That feeling you have right now, today. That feeling like you can do anything. The clarity. It goes away and you go right back to being the coward who can't tell the person you love how you feel.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“People have scars in all sort of unexpected places, like secret road maps of theyre personal histories, diagrams of they're old wounds most of our wounds heal leaving nothing behind but a scar but some of them don't. Some wounds we carry with us everywhere, and though the cut's long gone, the pain, still lingers.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Too often the thing you want the most is the thing you can't have. Desire leaves us heart broken, it wears us out. Desire can wreck your life. But as tough as wanting something can be, the people who suffer the most are those who don't know what they want.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Be not afraid of growing slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.” - Dr. Richard Webber

“Being aware of your crap and actually overcoming your crap are two very different things.” - Dr. Cristina Yang

“No matter how hard you fight it, you fall. And it's scary as hell. Except, there's an upside to freefalling - it's the chance you give your friends to catch you.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Who gets to determine when the old ends and the new begins? It's not a day on a calendar, not a birthday, not a new year. It's an event. Big or small. Something that changes us. Ideally, it gives us hope. Letting go of old habits. Old memories. What's important is that we never stop believing we can have a new beginning.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Shut up! Dance it out!” - Dr. Cristina Yang

“The ties that binds us are sometimes impossible to explain. They connect us even after it seems like the ties should be broken. Some bonds defy distance and time and logic; Because some ties are simply... meant to be.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The fantasy is simple. Pleasure is good. And twice as much pleasure is better. That pain is bad. And no pain is better. But the reality is different. The reality is that pain is there to tell us something. And there is only so much pleasure we can take without getting a stomachache. And maybe that's okay. Maybe some fantasies are only supposed to live in our dreams.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Do you know when to walk away? Do you know when not to take less than you deserve?"

“She asked me to tell you... She wanted you to know... that if love were enough... that if love were enough, that she'd still be here with you.” - Dr. Derek Shepherd

“What's worse, new wounds which are so horribly painful or old wounds that should have healed years ago and never did. Maybe our old wounds teach us something...they remind us of where we've been and what we've overcome. They teach us lessons about what to avoid in the future. That's what we like to think. But that's not the way it is, is it? Something's we just have to learn over and over and over again.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“No matter how hard we try to ignore it or deny it, eventually the lies fall away. Whether we like it or not. Do you want to know the truth about the truth? Its hurts, so we lie.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“You never think the last time is the last time, you think there'll be more. You think you have forever but you dont.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I believe in love and second chances.” - Dr. Callie Torres

“In life we are taught that there are seven deadly sins. We all know the big ones... gluttony, pride, lust. But the thing you don't hear much about is anger. Maybe it's because we think anger is not that dangerous, that you can control it. My point is, maybe we don't give anger enough credit. Maybe it can be a lot more dangerous than we think. After all when it comes to destructive behavior, it did make the top seven.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“So go ahead... argue with the refs. Change the rules. Cheat a little. Take a break and tend to your wounds... but play. Play. Play hard, play fast, play loose and free. Play as if there's no tomorrow. It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Ok, so sometimes, even the best of us make rash decisions. Bad decisions. Decisions we pretty much know we're going to regret the moment, the minute, especially the morning after. I mean maybe not regret regret, because at least, you know, we put ourselves out there, but still. Something inside us decides to do a crazy thing. A thing we know will probably turn around and bite us in the ass. Yet we do it anyway. What I’m saying is “we reap what we sow.” What comes around goes around. It’s karma. And anyway you slice it, karma sucks. Like I was saying: Payback is a bitch.” - Dr. George O'Malley

“Don't chase me anymore, unless you're ready to catch me.” - Dr. Callie Torres

“Put your past behind you and start over. It's hard to resist the chance of a new beginning, a chance to put the problems of last year to bed.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“It's good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose.” - Dr. Richard Webber

“I think the hardest part of kicking a habit is wanting to kick it. I mean, we get addicted for a reason, right?” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The truth is hard. The truth is awkward and very often the truth hurts. I mean, people think they want the truth. But do they really?” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“One way or another, our karma… will leave us to face ourselves. We can look our karma in the eye or we can wait for it to sneak up on us from behind. One way or another, our karma will always find us. No matter how much we try, we can’t escape our karma. It follows us home. I guess we can’t really complain about karma. It’s not unfair; it’s not unexpected. It just evens the score.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The thing about addiction is, it never ends well. Because eventually, whatever it is that was getting us high, stops feeling good, and starts to hurt. Still, they say you don't kick the habit until you hit rock bottom. But how do you know when you are there? Because no matter how badly a thing is hurting us, sometimes, letting it go hurts even worse.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Today's the day my life begins. All my life I've been just me. Just a smartmouthed kid. Today I become a man. Today I become a husband. Today I become accountable to someone other than myslef. Today I become accountable to you. To our future. To all the possibilities that our marriage has to offer. Together no matter what happens I'll be ready for anything for everything. To take on life. To take on love. To take on the possibility and responsibility. Today Izzie Stevens our life begins and I for one can't wait.” - Dr. Alex Karev

“You're letting her think you're emotionally available. You're letting her think she has a chance. And there is nothing worse in the world than thinking you have a chance when you really don't.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Did you say it? I love you and I don’t ever want to live with out you. You changed my life. Did you say it? Make a plan. Set a goal. Work toward it. But every now and then look around. Drink it in. Because this is it. It might all be gone tomorrow.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The body is a slave to it's impulses. But the thing that makes us human is what we can control. After the storm, after the rush, after the heat of the moment has passed, we can cool off and clean up the messes we made. We can try to let go of what was. Then again...” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“There's something to be said about a glass half full. About knowing when to say when. I think it's a floating line, a barometer of need and desire. It's entirely up to the individual and depends on what's being poured. Sometimes all we want is a taste, other times there's no such thing as enough; the glass is bottomless, and all we want...is more.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“In general, lines are there for a reason : for security, for clarity. If you choose to cross the line, you pretty much do so at your own risk. So why is it, that the bigger the line, the greater the temptation to cross it?” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Here's the good part, so you listen close, what I choose, is you. You're who I want to wake up with and go to bed with and do everything in between with. I get a choice now. I get to choose. I choose you.” - Denny Duquette

“I can't share... I can't talk. 'Cause if I did, I would fall apart. And I don't have time to fall apart.” - Dr. Miranda Bailey

“Mistakes are painful, but they're the only way to find out who you really are.” - Denny Duquette

“There's a little animal in all of us and maybe that's something to celebrate. Our animal instinct is what makes us seek comfort, warmth, and a pack to run with. We may feel caged...we may feel trapped, but still as humans, we can find ways to feel free. We are each others keepers, we are the guardians of our own humanity and even though theres a beast inside all of us what sets us apart from the animals is that we can think, feel, dream, and love and against all odds, against all instinct, we evolve.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“In life, only one thing is certain, apart from death and taxes. No matter how hard you try, no matter how good your intentions, you are going to make mistakes. You’re going to hurt people. You’re going to get hurt. And if you ever want to recover... there’s really only one thing you can say.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I believe that believing we survive is what makes us survive.” - Dr. Izzie Stevens

“...And it's not about the sex, it's NOT about the sex. It's about that moment afterward, when the world stops. It just feels so safe. SO safe. I'm not ready to give that up. Does that make me sad and weak and pathetic?” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“People are stupid and just want to be loved. That's the only reason anyone does anything.” - Dr. Miranda Bailey

“It's not hard, it's painful. But it's not hard. You know what to do already. If you didn't, you wouldn't be in so much pain.” - Dr. Miranda Bailey

“From now on, you can expect that I'm gonna show up. Even if I yell. Even if you yell. I'm always gonna show up.” - Dr. Derek Shepherd

“Hating you is the most exhausting and I don't want to do it anymore...” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“You didn't love her. You just didn't want to be alone, or maybe she was good for your ego, or maybe she made you feel better about your miserable life, but you didn't love her because, you don't destroy the person that you love!” - Dr. Callie Torres

“Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers, you just breath deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed but sometimes the pain gets you where you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you can't outrun it and life always makes more. ” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Guilt never goes anywhere on its own, it brings its friends, doubt and insecurity.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“You know, whenever anyone says something really funny and I laugh I always look around to see if you think it's funny too. Even when you are not there, I look around.” - Dr. George O'Malley

“You wanna know what happened to me? You happened to me...” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“At the end of a day like this when so many prayers are answered and so many aren’t, we take our miracles where we find them. We reach across the gap and sometimes against all odds, against all logic, we touch..against all odds it happens.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

"Deep down, everyone wants to believe they can be hardcore. But being hardcore isn’t just about being tough. It’s about acceptance. Sometimes you have to give yourself permission to not be hardcore for once. You don’t have to be tough every minute of every day. It’s okay to let down your guard. In fact there are moments when it’s the best thing you can possibly do… as long as you choose your moments wisely." - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Its easy to suggest a quick solution when you don't know much about the problem, when you don't understand the underlying cause, or just how deep the wound really is.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I hate that I'm so into you.” - Dr. Callie Torres

“Some days the whole world seems upside down...and then some how, improbably and when you least expect it, the world rights itself again.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Gratitude. Appreciation. Giving thanks No matter what words you use, they all mean the same thing. Happy. We're supposed to be happy. Grateful for friends, family. Happy just to be alive. Whether we like it or not.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Grief may be a thing we all have in common, but it looks different on everyone.
It isn't just death we have to grieve. It's life. It's loss. It's change.
And when we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes, has to hurt so bad. The thing we gotta try to remember is that it can turn on a dime.
That's how you stay alive. When it hurts so much you can't breathe, that's how you survive.
By remembering that one day, somehow, impossibly, you won't feel this way. It won't hurt this much.
Grief comes in its own time for everyone, in its own way.
So the best we can do, the best anyone can do, is try for honesty.
The really crappy thing, the very worst part of grief is that you can't control it.
The best we can do is try to let ourselves feel it when it comes.
And let it go when we can.
The very worst part is that the minute you think you're past it, it starts all over again.
And always, every time, it takes your breath away.
There are five stages of grief. They look different on all of us, but there are always five.
Denial.
Anger.
Bargaining.
Depression.
Acceptance.
” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Just because people do horrible things... it doesn’t always mean they are horrible people.” - Dr. Izzie Stevens

“It’s awful being a grown up. The carousel never stops turning and you can never get off.” - Dr. Ellis Grey

“Why does it always have to be about the destination? Why can't it be about the journey?” - Dr. Derek Shepherd

“Have some fire, be unstoppable, be a force of nature, be better than anyone here, and don't give a damn what anyone thinks, there are no teams here, no buddies your on your own, be on your own.” - Dr. Cristina Yang

“You are the love of my life. I can't leave you. But you are constantly leaving me. - Dr. Derek Shepherd

“I'm just gonna keep my eyes closed, because this is like that moment in the morning when you first wake up and you're still half asleep and everything seems that things are possible. dreams feel true and for that one moment between waking and sleeping, anything can be real.” - Dr. Izzie Stevens

“Are you done hurting me? Cause if not, I'm going to have to special order a thicker skin.” - Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery

“Some people believe that without history, our lives amount to nothing. At some point we all have to choose: do we fall back on what we know, or do we step forward to something new? It's hard not to be haunted by our past. Our history is what shapes us... what guides us. Our history resurfaces time after time after time. So we have to remember sometimes the most important history is the history we're making today.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Too much of anything, even love, is not always a good thing.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“My world is a better place with you in it.” - Dr. Richard Webber

“I think you can't wait for someone to fly underneath you and save your life... I think you have to save yourself.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“We spend our whole lives worrying bout the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future. As if figuring it out will some how cushion the blow, but the future is always changing, the future is the home of our deepest fears and our wildest hopes, but one thing is certain, when it finally reveals itself its never the way we imagined it” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“When something begins you generally have no idea how it's going to end. The house you were going to sell becomes your home, the roommates you're forced to take in become your family, and the one night stand you were determined to forget becomes the love of your life.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“When you're feeling emotional... sometimes it's hard to keep a level head and consider all the facts.” - Dr. Cristina Yang

“If you want me to stay, I'll stay. Just say you want me to stay.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I've heard that its possible to grow up - I just haven't met anyone who's done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don't go our way. We whisper secrets with our best friends in the dark. We look for comfort where we can find it. And we hope...against all logic.....all experience. Like children, we never give up hope.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“And just when you’ve gotten the lay of the land, the ground underneath you shifts. And knocks you off your feet. If you're lucky, you'll end up with nothing more than a flesh wound, something a band-aid will cover. But some wounds are deeper than they first appear, and require more than just a quick fix. With some wounds, you have to rip off the band-aid, let them breathe and give them time to heal.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I'm great!! Fan-freakin-tastic!!” - Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery

“We want to know the reason, the secret, the answer at the back of the book because the thought of our being alone down here is just too much for us to bare, but at the end of the day, the fact that we show up for each other in spite of our differences no matter what we believe is reason enough to keep believing.” - Dr. Miranda Bailey

“We deny that we're tired, we deny that we're scared, we deny how badly we want to succeed. And most importantly, we deny that we're in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe, and it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we can't recognize the truth right in front of our faces.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Giving birth may be all intense and magical and stuff, but the act itself: it's not exactly pleasant. But it's also a beginning... of something incredible. Something new. Something unpredictable. Something true. Something worth loving. Something worth missing. Something that will change your life... forever.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The contest is a lion fight, so chin up, put your shoulders back, walk proud, strut a little, don't lick your wounds, celebrate them
The scars you bear are the signs of a competitor.
you're in a lion fight, just because you didn't win doesn't mean you don't know how to roar.” - Dr. Richard Webber

“A wise man once said you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. What he meant is nothing comes without a price. So before you go into battle, you better decide how much you're willing to lose. Too often, going after what feels good means letting go of what you know is right, and letting someone in means abandoning the walls you've spent a lifetime building. Of course, the toughest sacrifices are the ones we don't see coming, when we don't have time to come up with a strategy to pick a side or to measure the potential loss. When that happens, when the battle chooses us and not the other way around, that's when the sacrifice can turn out to be more than we can bear.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Don't you die...I'm not finished loving you.”

“In some ways, betrayal is inevitable. When our bodies betray us, surgery is often the key to recovery. When we betray each other, the path to recovery is less clear. We do whatever it takes to rebuild the trust that was lost. And then there are some wounds, some betrayals... that are so deep, so profound that there is no way to repair what was lost. And when that happens, there's nothing left to do but wait.” - Dr. Cristina Yang

“You just have to know. And when you don't know, no one can fault you for it. You do what you can, when you can, why you can. When you can't... you can't.” - Dr. Miranda Bailey

“And sometimes the answer we get, just confirms our worst fears. But sometimes it can shed new light on the problem. You see it in a whole new way. After all the opinions have been heard and every point of view has been considered, you finally find what you were after. The Truth. But the truth isn’t where it ends. That’s just where you begin again. With a whole new set of questions.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Sometimes people do desperate things to get someone's attention. There are two sides to every story. ” - Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery

“For some reason, life just seems to make a lot more sense when you're looking at a baby.” - Dr. Miranda Bailey

“....ever since I knew you, I had this fantasy and you have failed on every occasion to live up to that fantasy… But I still love you, whether you are capable of letting me or not.” - Dr. Lexie Grey

“It doesn't matter how tough we are. Trauma always leaves a scar. It follows us home. It changes our lives. Trauma messes everybody up. But maybe thats the point, all the fear, the pain, and the crap, maybe going through all that is what keeps us moving forward. Maybe we have to get a little messed up before we can step up.” - Dr. Alex Karev

“I know now that I'm good enough not to deserve this. Not to love you so much that I almost hate you. I deserve someone who will stay.” - Dr. Alex Karev

“Everyday we get to give the gift of life, it can be painful, it can be terrifying, but in the end it’s worth it. Every time. We all have the opportunity to give. Maybe the gifts are not as dramatic as what happens in the operating room, maybe the gift is to try and make a simple apology, maybe it’s to understand another person’s point of view, maybe it’s to hold a secret for a friend. The joy supposedly is in the giving, so when the joy is gone, when the giving starts to feel more like a burden, that’s when you stop. But if you’re like most people I know, you give till it hurts, and then you give some more.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Don't spend all your time wondering what you are or who you like or whether it's right for you or wrong for you. Just let yourself be happy before you find yourself lonely. Or celibate.” - Dr. Callie Torres

“When you’re talking about human chemistry, only one thing matters: , either you got it or you don't!” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“We hope for the best but prepare for the worst.” - Dr. George O'Malley

“I'm getting my groove back. I'm gettin' jiggy with it. I'm gettin' down with the get down..... ” - Dr. Cristina Yang

“You are the most competitive, most guarded, most stubborn, most challenging person I have ever met. And I love you. What the hell is matter with you that you won’t just let me.” - Dr. Preston Burke

“Let's say you were drafted to a team that wasn’t your first pick. You know, you don't like the players. You hate the way they play the game. You even think the quarterback is full of crap. The quarterback's a pain in the ass you don't owe a damn thing to. But, it's your team. You don't quit. You don't talk to the press. You don't bitch to the coach. You just... you go out there on Sunday and you make the blocks and you take the hits and you play to win. You show up and you suit up and you play, because it's your freaking team.” - Alex Karev

“A person can only rise so high. Now I'm rising above, but there's a ceiling and I'm about to hit it.” - Dr. Miranda Bailey

“I...needed to come back, to see that it was right to leave...” - Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery

“It's the high we're chasing, the high that makes everything else fade away.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“we don't wish for the easy stuff. we wish for big things. things that are ambitious, out of reach. we wish because we need help, and because we're scared, and we know we may be asking too much. we still wish though, because sometimes, they come true.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“You don't recognize the biggest day of your life until you are right in the middle of it. the day you get your heart broken, the day you meet your soulmate, the day you realize there's not enough time, because you wanna live forever, those are the biggest days, the perfect days....”- Dr. Izzie Stevens

“At any given moment, the brain has 14 billion neurons firing at a speed of 450 miles per hour. We don’t have control over most of them. When we get a chill...goose bumps. When we get excited...adrenaline. The body naturally follows its impulses, which I think is part of what makes it so hard for us to control ours. Of course, sometimes we have impulses we would rather not control, that we later wish we had.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“He makes my world stop.”- Dr. Callie Torres

“Four hundred years ago, another well-known English guy had an opinion about being alone. John Donne. He thought we were never alone. Of course, it was fancier when he said it. "No man is an island entire unto himself." Boil down that island talk, and he just meant that all anyone needs is someone to step in and let us know we're not alone. And who's to say that someone can't have four legs. Someone to play with or run around with, or just hang out.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

"Sometimes, no matter how much you love someone, they just can't love you back in the same way. Believe me, son. Living with a woman who can't love you back? Way lonelier than being alone."

“Sometimes you don’t even know anything’s changed. You think you’re still you and your life is still your life, but you wake up one day and look around, and you don’t recognize anything not anything at all.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“The thing about plans is they don't take into account the unexpected, so when we're thrown a curve ball, whether its in the O.R. or in life, we have to improvise. Of course, some of us are better at it than others. Some of us just have to move on to plan B, and make the best of it. And sometimes what we want is exactly what we need. But sometimes, sometimes what we need is a new plan.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“I'm sorry doesn't always cut it. Maybe because we use it so many different ways. As a weapon, as an excuse, But when we ARE really sorry. When we use it right. When we mean it. When your actions say what your words could never. When we get it right, I'm sorry is perfect. When we get it right, "I'm sorry," is redemption.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Sometimes the past is something you just can't let go of.
and sometimes the past is something we will do anything to forget
and sometimes we learn something new about the past that changes
everything we know about the present” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“You guys are just used to it that's all, you already have it.
You have that thing everybody else wants.
You can take it for granted
but let me tell you if you didn't, if you couldn't be with the person that you love
I guarantee you, that hearing him promise you, love you, and honor you and cherish you
no matter what.
It would be pretty much you'd think about. ” - Dr. Izzie Stevens

“Sleep... it's the easiest thing to do. You just close your eyes. But for so many of us, sleep seems out of our grasp. We want it but we don't know how to get it. But once we face our demons, face our fears, and turn to each other for help, that time isn't so scary because we realize we aren't all alone in the dark.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“We enter the world alone and we leave it alone. And everything that happens in between...we owe it to ourselves to find a little company. We need help. We need support. Otherwise, we are in it by ourselves. Strangers. Cut off from each other. And we forget just how connected we all are. So instead, we choose love. We choose life. And for a moment we feel just a little bit less alone.” - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Cristina, I could promise to hold you, and to cherish you. I could promise to be there, in sickness and in health. I could say til death do us part. But I won't. Those vows are for optimistic couples, the ones full of hope. I do not stand here on my wedding day optimistic or full of hope. I am not optimistic. I am not hopeful. I am sure. I am steady. I'm a heart man. Take them apart, put them back together, hold them in my hands. I am a heart man. So this, I am sure. You are my partner. My lover. My very best friend. My heart. My heart beats for you. And on this day, the day of our wedding, I promise you this. I promise you to lay my heart in the palm of your hands, I promise you... me.” - Dr. Preston Burke

Realization

What I've learned is that great love brings out the best and the worst in us.
We can either choose one and get rid of the other or live with both.

-- simplydio

Unlearn to Learn

Now I get it, we have to unlearn what we already know in order to Learn what we need to know.

-- simply dio

Delayed Gratification

In the process of forgiveness, of correcting mistakes and in healing, there is a part that we must endure. A painful phase that we must accept in silence bearing in mind the blessings that will come after this phase...that everything will be okay, that peace of mind will be achieved, and all the wounds will be healed.

--simplydio

Happy Friday Quote

"People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings." - Elizabeth Gilbert (author)

-- Exactly what I have in mind this beautiful Friday morning :D

A different kind of Joy

I feel a different sense of joy when despite of being in the middle
of crappy things in life, you find happiness in accomplishing a simple task
that gives you joy, makes you feel proud of yourself, makes you realize how
blessed you are and makes you forget the shit that you're in.