“You did not come all this way to yield to despair.”
“Resilience is, simply put, getting back up. It’s getting back up, not just after the first fall, but the ninth and tenth and seven hundredth. Resilience is feeling your exhaustion and choosing to move forward anyway. Resilience is watching your lovingly made plans fall to dust in your hands, grieving what’s lost and making (yet another) plan. It’s being willing to lay down your expectations for what you thought your life would be, what this year would be, what this holiday season would be, and being willing to imagine another way.”
― I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working
― I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working
“Stories are powerful,” he said, “but gather too many of the words of others in your heart, and they will drown out your own. Remember that.”
― The Map of Salt and Stars
― The Map of Salt and Stars
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