David Achata > Quotes

“In suffering, the things we say are sometimes more about ourselves than anyone else. We don’t know how to be in the discomfort, and it leaks out.”
― David Achata, In the Caverns: The Darkness of Grief & The Dawn of Life Change

“Wasting mental energy on what hadn’t yet happened, I missed so many things. Without knowing it, what I perceived to be thoughtful foresight was really despair in disguise.”
― David Achata, In the Caverns: The Darkness of Grief & The Dawn of Life Change

“birds and flowers live in a way of complete dependence on outside forces. They don’t wonder what will happen tomorrow. Life for them has always come and will continue to do so, regardless of their effort. Our naïve human assumption is that there’s a relation between cause and effect. But anyone in the thick of pain learns the truth. Even when we do everything as best as we can, sometimes our world falls apart anyway.”
― David Achata, In the Caverns: The Darkness of Grief & The Dawn of Life Change

“You can make any choice you want if you’re willing to make the adjustments required.”
― David Achata, In the Caverns: The Darkness of Grief & The Dawn of Life Change

“Pain isn’t something we can accept or reject, it’s inevitable. Suffering, however, comes when we resist the pain that’s natural. Suffering is pain plus resistance. Could it be that peace is simply pain plus acceptance?”
― David Achata, In the Caverns: The Darkness of Grief & The Dawn of Life Change