DIFFICULT TIMES

And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. / Haruki Murakami

None of us should be defined by the worst thing we’ve ever done. / Kevin R. Duncan

Those things that hurt, instruct. / Benjamin Franklin

You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star. / Friedrich Nietzsche

LIFE

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. / Mahatma Gandhi

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still. / Chinese Proverb

Do not judge someone else’s life story on the chapter you walked in on.

Don’t worry about trying to find your life purpose. Instead, start by acting on the small things that excite you each day. These are the threads that will connect you to your path, passion, and purpose in life. / Ruben Chavez

Everyone wants the truth but no one wants to be honest.

Find wonder and beauty in all things my dear, for this world is only as ugly as you permit it to be. / Becca Lee

If material things are what you’re talking about when you say “I’m blessed”, you have no idea what a blessing is.

Life is the most difficult exam. Many people fail because they try to copy others, not realizing that everyone has a different question paper.

The planet does not need more “successful people.” The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds. / Dalai Lama

MOTHERHOOD

Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you never knew existed. / Linda Wooten

SPIRITUAL

The circumstances we ask God to change are often the circumstances God is using to change us. / Max Lucado