• It looks as if I were “meant” to be alone, and that any hope of happiness is not meant. Am I too old to acquire the knack for happiness? Too old, perhaps, ever to take in another’s life to share with mine on a permanent basis? If so, I must make do with what I have … and what I have is a great richness of friends and a positively ardent love of nature. Not nothing!

    Journal of a Solitude
    May Sarton

  • What I have is space around me and time around me. How they can be achieved in a marriage is the real question. It is not an easy one to answer.

    Journal of a Solitude
    May Sarton

  • That is one way to keep alive in self-made solitary confinement. I have found it useful also these past days to say to myself, “What if I were not alone? What if I had ten children to get off to school every morning and a massive wash to do before they got home? What if two of them were in bed with flu, cross and at a loose end?” That is enough to send me back to solitude as if it were—as it truly is—a fabulous gift from the gods.

    Journal of a Solitude
    May Sarton

  • The poem is about silence, that it is really only there that lovers can know what they know, and there what they know is deep, nourishing, nourishing to the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.

    Journal of a Solitude
    May Sarton

  • “The kids who raise healthy children, the one important factor, was the relationship between the mother and father.”

    —Fr. Mina Dimitri

  • MA: Having a family seems to be another superpower. Most of the top professionals I know have kids at home. What do you say to people who are afraid that having kids will mess up their career? 

    MGP: Having kids is what you make of it! There’s a transition period, but you can absolutely adapt them to your lifestyle, including your career. While your scheduling needs may change, it’s amazing how much more productive you become with your time. If you’re thinking about it — go for it!

    INTRO LIMITED
    THE HEROICALLY DESIGNED LIFE

  • Her father confessor wisely answered, “If it’s God’s will for you to be single, you wouldn’t feel like you’re settling; you’d feel peace about setting out on this path.”

    Waiting & Dating
    Lilyan Andrews

  • You can also choose to dedicate more time to God in various ways: For example, you have the freedom to show up to any church service you choose and to participate in the life of your parish in any way and as much as you would like.

    Waiting & Dating
    Lilyan Andrews

  • These might even turn out to be precious days you get with your aging parents or older family members that you will never have again. And spending time with your elders and learning from them is also vital to building your circle of guidance.

    Waiting & Dating
    Lilyan Andrews

  • The love you lost, or the love you wished for and never had: That love exists eternally. It shifts its shape, but it’s always there.

    Bittersweet
    Susan Cain