Amber

“Scientists have found that the brains of people who spend untold hours in prayer and meditation are different.”8 Your imagination will be rewired. “Inappropriate thoughts can be combatted with positive thoughts, such as thinking of a new hobby, playing music, repeating an inspiring quote, or some other positive activity,”
― Jennie Allen, Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts

“She’d probably be working her whole life long to trust imperfect humanity with the same, but ever since that night, no matter how dire her situation, if she simply looked up to that light breaking through the night, she was reminded that she was never as alone as she felt.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees: A Novel

“We stood facing each other and he told me, “There was once a great Irish warrior who was sent far across the land to retrieve the gold and treasure of a conquest. He took his most reliable and trustworthy fellows. After carrying the heavy treasure for miles and days, the great warrior sat on a rock and would not move. The fellows with him begged him to move and to carry faster, for the king was waiting for his gold.” He paused and I nudged him. “The warrior didn’t answer anyone. He sat and sat and sat. Days passed until he opened his eyes, and he told them it was time to go. ‘What were you waiting for?’ they all cried.” “What was he waiting for?” I asked, feeling a truth draw near, a tingle in my chest. “The warrior told the others: ‘We traveled too far too fast, and I waited for my soul to catch up.’ ”
― Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind

“Every lament is a prayer, a statement of faith. Lament is the honest cry of a hurting hurt wrestling with the paradox of pain and the promise of God's goodness.”
― Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament