“Time doesn't heal. It’s what you do with the time. Healing is possible when we choose to take responsibility, when we choose to take risks, and finally, when we choose to release the wound, to let go of the past or the grief.”
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“Our painful experiences aren’t a liability—they’re a gift.”
― The Choice
― The Choice
“But over time I learned that I can choose how to respond to the past. I can be miserable, or I can be hopeful—I can be depressed, or I can be happy. We always have that choice, that opportunity for control. I’m here, this is now, I have learned to tell myself, over and over, until the panicky feeling begins to ease.”
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“Just remember,” she says, “no one can take away from you what you’ve put in your mind.”
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
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