Jack Truman

“How could they not in the culture we live in, where efficiency is praised and status is gained by how much we can hold at once?”
― Joanna Gaines, The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters

“Healing often looks like quiet. Like sitting and feeling and really processing what you need to. I think so many people are quick to skirt that part, but then wonder why that pain keeps them up at night, and why that grief keeps them from living life to the fullest. But this is how we heal—by feeling our way through it.”
― Joanna Gaines, The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters

“Empathy is recognizing the burden someone is bearing, extending grace and understanding, and being present in it with them, knowing something of the load they’re carrying.”
― Joanna Gaines, The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters