“The truest words of all: I will not forget you. You are in my waking thoughts, my sweetest memories, my dearest dreams. I will not forget you. You have touched my soul, opened my eyes, changed my very experience of the universe. I will not forget you. I see you in the flowers, the sunset, the sweep of the horizon and all things that stretch to infinity. I will not forget you. I have carved you on the palm of my hand. I carry you with me forever.”
– Ellen Sue Stern, Living With Loss, 1995
Archives for October 2012
I Will Not Forget You
October 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Create the Life You Want
October 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“Crisis is the challenge and the opportunity to uncover what we value, rediscover what we need, redefine what gives us pleaseure, recreate a meaningful life and reconfigure the inner workings of self.” – Laura Day, Welcome To Your Crisis: How to Use the Power of Crisis to Create the Life You Want
Bringing Prayer to Life
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“A little bit of mindfulness is better than none at all, and a little bit of prayer will eventually allow for a little more. Prayer doesn’t require a church or special equipment any more than fitness requires a gym, though both may one day seem more appealing than they do at the start. All prayer requires is a little time.” – Kate Braestrup,
Beginner’s Grace: Bringing Prayer to Life
Loving What Is
October 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“Suffering is optional. Whenever we experience a stressful feeling – anything from mild discomfort to intense sorrow, rage or despair – we can be certain that there is a specific thought causing our reaction, whether or not we are conscious of it. The way to end our stress is to investigate the thinking that lies behind it …” – Byron Katie, Loving What Is
Comparing Losses
October 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“The time has come to stop looking at one another as different or better or worse. We must stop comparing ourselves through our collection of assets and accomplishments. We can relinquish our judgment and accept our shared human existence however varied it may seem from one person’s experience to the next. We are all challenged by the same core lessons, the same types of opportunities and the same compounding fears. We are all grounded in the basic need to love ourselves and to be loved by those around us.” – Seth David Chernoff,
Manual for Living: A User’s Guide to the Meaning of Life
Examine Your Thoughts
October 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“In this greatest of all adventures, you cannot ever be less than you really are: limitless, forever, and totally awesome. But you can think that you are less than you really are.
Don’t!!”
– Mike Dooley,
Choose Them Wisely: Thoughts Become Things
Who Shows Up?
October 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“Some of the friends I thought would be of comfort weren’t and those relationships slowly faded away. Meanwhile, other relationships strengthened amid the turmoil …”
– Marie Tillman,
The Letter: My Journey Through Love, Loss & Life
Painful Emotion
October 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“Our task is not to avoid painful emotion, but rather to transform it at its roots. And that we cannot do if we don’t go through the emotion authentically. Sadness has to be experienced in order to be transcended. No situation can be transformed until it is accepted as it is.”
– Marianne Williamson, Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles
Broken Open
October 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“The place of hopelessness and fear is real, not a cute little allegory. Some people never leave that place and are broken on the rocks. Some people stop fighting and slip into the depths. We come to understand that, although we do not have control, we do have a choice. We are free. We are made so and it is our great gift. We can choose darkness, fear, addiction and despair. We can choose light, hope, meaning and joy. … I chose life. I chose to find a way back up.” – Glen quoted in Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser
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