From Misery to Happiness: A Poetic Journey Through Love, Loss, and Second Chances.
Shayne Neal
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Passion isn’t everything, but everything is better with passion, especially if you have ADHD. I hope that you all find that passion about something or someone. Never stop looking for it. Once you find it, fight for it with every breath.”
“ADHD is not a mental illness even though the government says it is. It is an amazing blessing if you learn how to use it and stop using it to play a victim.”
“There is no such thing as quality time without quantity time. The idea that you could spend one hour a night with your children and have the same effect on them as a stay at home parent spending 12‐16 hours a day with them is pure nonsense. The same logic works for your marriage.”
“You don’t need me or some actor, musician, or anyone else to convince you. It starts with you choosing to believe that you can do anything you want… even write a haiku.”
“We need to teach our children to want more and to expect more, of themselves, and others. Men need to know there is more to being a man, than just being a male, and women need to know that they do not have to accept anything less than the knight of their dreams.”
“Use empathy and compassion accordingly. People dealing with loss of a loved one may need your support. Probably not me, but most other people. I say probably because I cannot imagine losing my wife or any of my kids. I might need your support after all.”
“There is always a silver lining. Find it.”
“Suicide is a dark and horrible thought that has hit very close to my life, but if we don’t talk about it, we learn nothing; and if we learn nothing, then the greatest loss in suicide is to the living.”
“Nobody should live life without knowing someone they would give theirs for.”
“My greatest recommendation is that you read some poetry. If you can’t come to terms with my prose, go with some RH Sin or Randall McNair, but read something.”
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