Erica Goros Quotes

“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.”

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

“My acupuncturist once told me that it doesn't have to hurt to work. She might have meant the needles, but I think she really meant love.”

— Erica Goros

“Love is seeking the good and being the good.”

— Erica Goros

Unfortunately we treat others as we treat ourselves. We should try being genuinely kind to ourselves and the rest will come naturally, like a Platinum Rule.

— Erica Goros

“Emotions are like muscles. Most of them go highly unattended, it's usually the weaker, undefined ones that cause injury to the rest, and there is most certainly memory response in play.”

— Erica Goros

“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.”

— Erica Goros

“Perhaps gratitude and love are one and the same.”

— Erica Goros

“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.”

— Erica Goros

“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.”

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

“Do you remember what I forgot?”

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“I spend a lot of time looking up.”

— Erica Goros

“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.”

— Erica Goros

“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.”

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

Don't underestimate the effects of complacency ... cobwebs are deceptively heavy and are hard to shake loose.

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

“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.”

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

“Attraction is easily manufactured.”

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

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

— Erica Goros

A book is simply a snap shot of the full story.

— Erica Goros

Good fortune is created/written/made.

— Erica Goros