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“I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.”
― Michelle Williams

“I have to admit I was annoyed. Not physically annoyed, but inside annoyed. That helpless feeling you have when you know you should not be angry because you have to consider how other people are feeling or accept them for what they are, and that it is not your place to say anything. But annoyed because you have not been considered in the whole picture, you are there and that is that. Apologies begin to mean nothing at that point and frustration takes over.”
― Michelle Williams, Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician

“I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.”
― Michelle Williams

“Part of checking in with yourself is becoming aware of what thoughts you’re having over and over again. These are usually signs of agreements you’ve made about yourself internally: spiritually, mentally, and emotionally.”
― Michelle Williams, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life---and Can Save Yours

“Maybe you’re repeating what you haven’t repaired.”
― Michelle Williams, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life---and Can Save Yours

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises. (Romans 15:13)”
― Michelle Williams, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life---and Can Save Yours

“the pacemaker out, we have to cut the leads to the heart, and the bloody thing interprets this as the heart stopping, so we get the shock. Some mortuary staff have been severely injured. The cardiac technicians have to come over and wave a special wand over them to switch them off, and if this is not picked up on and the leads are cut, you may need an ambulance on stand-by. Telling which are the ordinary ones and which are the lethal ones”
― Michelle Williams, Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician

“Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart].”
― Michelle Williams, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life---and Can Save Yours

“use freshly baked bread for food within two to three days. It must be remembered that products containing eggs stale faster. Bread containing honey and butter retains its freshness and elasticity longer. Chapter 2.”
― Michelle Williams, Bread Machine Cookbook: 200 Easy to Follow Recipes Baking Delicious Homemade Bread. A Comprehensive Guide for Gluten–Free and Everyday Food needs of the Entire Family

“If you’re a believer, you’ve probably heard the scripture from Proverbs 18:21 that says, “Your tongue has the power of life and death. Those who love to talk will eat the fruit of their words” (NIRV). If you don’t think that what you say to yourself or to others has any bearing on your life, you are in danger. Our words and agreements work like magnets that draw us in a certain direction. Even if it’s a direction we don’t want to go in. Think about it this way: If you wake up every day and say, “It’s going to be an awful day,” everything you do and say that day will be done and said through that negative lens. You’re going to look for the bad, and every time you see it, you’ll say, “See, I was right. It’s an awful day.”
― Michelle Williams, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life---and Can Save Yours

“Did you know that if a person talks out loud to a plant consistently, it will grow faster? Look, I didn’t believe it when I first heard it either. But it’s true! Matter of fact, one study showed that plants not only grow better when talked to regularly, but that a woman’s voice makes a plant grow faster than a man’s.1 Okay, now ladies! Talk about girl power. Your voice—your inner voice too—gives life to whatever you give it to.”
― Michelle Williams, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life---and Can Save Yours