Deborah Davis

“It is our emptiness and lowliness that God needs and not our plenitude. These are a few of the ways we can practice humility:
Speak as little as possible of oneself.
Mind one's own business.
Avoid curiosity.
Do not want to manage other people's affairs.
Accept contradiction and correction cheerfully.
Pass over the mistakes of others.
Accept blame when innocent.
Yield to the will of others.
Accept insults and injuries.
Accept being slighted, forgotten, and disliked.
Be kind and gentle even under provocation.
Do not seek to be specially loved and admired.
Never stand on one's dignity.
Yield in discussion even when one is right.
Choose always the hardest.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“There will be things that happen in this life that will make you feel like you can't go on. But you must." said Bear.
"How?" asked Rabbit.
"You'll know." said Bear. "There is a resilience in each of us that remains hidden until we need it."
"Like a kind of magic?" asked Rabbit.
"Exactly." said Bear. "Like a kind of magic.”
― Tara Shannon, Rabbit & Bear Make a Wish

“Things take the time they take.
Don't worry.
How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine?”
― Mary Oliver

“If you find your way out of the dark," said Bear. "remember to return with the light so that others might find their way out too.”
― Tara Shannon, Rabbit & Bear Make a Wish