Hengreen's Wisdom Page

Times are far between, and few I bet, when we can look upon our lives without regret. Of all the things I have done, you think I'm proud of everyone without exception? 'Till you make your peace with yesterday, you'll never build a future. I swear by what I say. Whatever penance you do, decide what it's worth to you and then respect it. However long it will take to weather your mistakes, why not accept it?

I believe in everything; nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing; everything is sacred. Ha Ha Ho Ho Hee Hee.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.

If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.

What we communicate and what we commit to are not the same thing. Our words may describe our preferences, but it takes action to define our priorities.

You cannot care about people's problems more than they do themselves. If you do, then you become the rescuer and they remain the victim.

You can either advance boldly in the direction of your dreams, or retreat fearfully into the safety of the habitual

It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last.

No one who is being himself is going to be approved of all the time. The whole world could love you, but if you do not love yourself, you would not even notice. The opposite is also true – the whole world could disapprove of you, but if you love yourself, you would not even notice. Accept yourself within you and the entire world becomes totally acceptable.

Whatever it is, if it doesn’t make you happy, walk away, give it away to someone else who wants it. Let it be their next dream; let it flee from you. Then you have room to grow, to allow magnificent things to fill the vacuum of those seemingly empty places. When you hold onto yesterday, when you hold onto dead and dying adventures, you have no room in your box for greatness.