“As we each began our journey, we learned the importance of connecting, of laughing with one another (not at one another), of sharing our lives.”
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
“I call it an Aha! moment. It is the moment when I can hear, when I know, that an answer is being offered to me. All other sounds measurably fade, including the banter in my brain. It is when the answer travels from my heart to my head and says, “This is so.” No questions follow, no objections interrupt; just the recognition that I must listen and follow.”
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
“Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently.”
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“I was desperately searching for something to make sense; for the world to connect back with me.”
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
“I could accept my circumstances, my life, people, and even events around me, without giving my approval or releasing my control over such. I don’t have to like what happened; I just need to accept that it indeed occurred.”
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
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