All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was. - Paula Heller Garland
I call my it "the Book of Paula" or BoP for short. Those are my own opinions, based on experience. - Paula Heller Garland
The truth, for me, is I do accept everyone. I believe people are going to be who they are going to be. Moreover, I strongly disagree that it is my place in life to judge who they are. Or to attempt to mold them into whom I believe they should become. - Paula Heller Garland
You can't sweep something broken into a bag and call it whole. It takes repair. - Paula Heller Garland
Hurting the person who hurt you won't heal your pain. Let them go. Karma will deal with them you don't have to write the script for the universe. - Paula Heller Garland
Life became more aligned when I started taking some of the advice I'd been dishing out to my friends. - Paula Heller Garland
Late that night we were both still thinking about the events as they unfolded. He suggested a drive back to the water to bring some closure. As we stood in the water I felt so thankful to have been with a friend capable of hearing and expressing emotion. - Paula Heller Garland
And my heart is breakingMy heart is lying on the floor in a pool of tearsI keep asking the same questions only to have them unanswered - Paula Heller Garland
I don't know the perfect thing to say when a person is hurting but I do know the last thing they want to hear are reasons they shouldn't be hurting. - Paula Heller Garland
I may not always like at times, but life is a beautiful blend of joy, tragedy and dreams. If not for one, I could not have the other. - Paula Heller Garland
Don't forget to pause and nourish yourself a bit along the way. When you're born to help others sometimes you forget to help yourself. - Paula Heller Garland