Audrey Earl

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Book cover for Orphan Train
Time constricts and flattens, you know. It’s not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear. The first twenty-three years of my life are the ones that shaped me, and the fact that I’ve lived almost seven ...more
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Edith Eger
“I also want to say that there is no hierarchy of suffering. There's nothing that makes my pain worse or better than yours, no graph on which we can plot the relative importance of one sorrow versus another. People say to me, "Things in my life are pretty hard right now, but I have no right to complain -- it's not Auschwitz." This kind of comparison can lead us to minimize or diminish our own suffering. Being a survivor, being a "thriver" requires absolute acceptance of what was and what is. If we discount our pain, or punish ourselves for feeling lost or isolated or scared about the challenges in our lives, however insignificant these challenges may seem to someone else, then we're still choosing to be victims. We're not seeing our choices. We're judging ourselves.”
Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible

Mildred D. Taylor
“Baby, we have no choice of what color we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here.”
Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Laura Ingalls Wilder
“We start learning the minute we're born, Laura. And if we're wise, we don't stop until the Lord calls us home.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie

Angela Duckworth
“Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.”
Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Laura Ingalls Wilder
“There is good in everything, if only we look for it.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder

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