‘Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength—carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.’—Corrie ten Boom.”
“For too long she has taken so little pleasure in life, invaded by a sickening, sinking feeling, even as she went through the motions of each new day, each piece of work.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“It was a place so unlike my own reality that I could go there and rewire my brain. I could find refuge in that storyland”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“Is there such a thing as absolute happiness? Never-ending success? A perfect marriage? A quick fix to cure anxiety? We want to believe there is—”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“no matter how tall your grandfather, you have to do your own growing.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“Go like water, come back like water—freely and easily.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
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