Erica Goros Quotes

The key to happiness is to listen to campy Parisian music and smile at a bird. It hinges on insanity, but it works.

I am happy for the first in my life, I can report that I am standing on an incline instead of an edge.

Never mourn the loss of innocence, because it always brings the much greater gain of wisdom.

Perhaps gratitude and love are one and the same.

Thank God I have seen an orange sky with purple clouds. How easy it is to forget that we have the privilege of living in God's art gallery.

I'm of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an imaginary totem pole. I give you my respect because of your actions.

I am forever grateful for not knowing - What would have been. WHAT WILL BE holds none of those bittersweet pangs and it is lit w joy.

Attraction is easily manufactured.

Much of the Kama Sutra is like origami; I don't quite understand all the bending that needs to happen.

Fear is just like mist. Don't let it disorient you from living outside God's palm. Acknowledge it, then take any one step in any one direction ... and repeat.

The most powerful words you can learn to use? I Don't Know.

Unfortunately we do treat others as we treat ourselves. We should try being genuinely kind to ourselves first and the rest will come naturally, like an 18-kt. Golden Rule."
― Erica Goros, The Daisy Chain

If your blade were as sharp as your tongue, you'd have sliced me through years ago.

Just give me a thousand words and you may make your own pictures.

Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you.

I have often plotted my great escape to the beach. To live seaside and to be able to stare possibility and tranquility in the face every day ... I wanted it bad enough to taste. All the while forgetting, I can lap underneath an open sky at any moment and feel awe rush over me. I can bring it close to me like a blanket - if I only remember He is my rest and refuge.

Good fortune is created/written/made.

Love is seeking the good and being the good.

Sometimes I feel like one of those sliding tile puzzles. I just get so dang close to what I want to see in the mirror and who I want to be ... but then I have to completely jumble up the pieces to try to get even closer.

My cup was already brimming before I met him - after it runneth over.

Be the good & seek the good. Faith fights anxieties ... go after your faith with body, mind & soul.

The heart of a person only beats when it's surrounded by blood, by family.

The Lord has put more hardships atop the shoulders of my neighbors - more than I can even fathom coping with. I will strive to find a way to turn pity into admiration, for what use is it to send pity back at the world. Admiration and awe are much more helpful, especially when I find myself feeling like a victim for being stuck in traffic or losing my favorite sweater. Perspective is a blessing.