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“She’d survived because the fire inside of her burned brighter than the fire(s) around her.”
― Andrea Thompson, G.I.T.U.P. The Audacity of Overcoming

“We are set apart from the rest of God’s creation, intentionally made by God for a specific purpose. This means, first, that we are inescapably connected to God; any conversation about a person is insufficient if it fails to understand them in relation to their Maker.”
― Kristin L. Kellen, Counseling Women: Biblical Wisdom for Life's Battles

“There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them sufficient.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

“To be with another in this way means that for the time being you lay aside the views and values you hold for yourself in order to enter another’s world without prejudice. In some sense it means that you lay aside yourself and this can only be done by a person who is secure enough in himself that he knows he will not get lost in what may turn out to be the strange or bizarre world of the other, and can comfortably return to his own world when he wishes. Perhaps this description makes clear that being empathic is a complex demanding, strong yet subtle and gentle way of being. (Rogers,”
― Karen R Kleiman, The Art of Holding in Therapy: An Essential Intervention for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety