Steve Maraboli

On Valentine__ Day, we are reminded what our relationships could be like the other 364.

I'm water... If you're oil, we'll clash. If you're a flower, I'll nourish you. If you're a light, I'll reflect you. If you can't swim, you'll drown in me. If you're up for adventure, I'm endless entertainment. I'm just being me. If we don't fit, it's not my fault, nor yours. You be you. I'll be me.

Never again will I justify the scars just because I loved the person holding the knife.

There is no saint here. I have attained wisdom from life's experiences... the positive, the negative, the destructive, the nourishing. I have been medicine for some and poison for others. I've learned a lot about heaven from aligning with angels and I have learned a lot about hell from acting like a devil. I offer my scars... what you call "wisdom"... Seeds of knowledge that have been watered by tears and flowers of hope that are nourished by love... It's a garden of experience made beautiful by self acceptance... The insight I have gathered from my comfort of living within both the light and the shadow.

Stop dwelling and wishing they'd see the light and treat you better. Instead, forgive yourself for keeping low standards, and love yourself enough to raise them.

You have the ability to choose your reactions.

Every day I__ convinced that I can__ possibly love you more_ and every day I__ proven wrong.

Life is too short to not kick fear in the ass and allow yourself to love again.

The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps.

Allow yourself to enjoy each happy moment in your life.

Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.

Never compromise your values.

When we replace a sense of service and gratitude with a sense of entitlement and expectation, we quickly see the demise of our relationships, society, and economy.

The bank of love is never bankrupt.

When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman.

Falling in love is a wonderfully terrifying sensation.

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time. Each day is a new opportunity to live your life to the fullest. In each waking day, you will find scores of blessings and opportunities for positive change. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the unchangeable past or the indefinite future! Today is a new day!

Happiness has to do with your mindset, not with outside circumstance.