Inspirational Quotes

Because we had known the good times, I think my brother and I felt the loss more acutely. My father's waning presence, his chronic absence, his disappearance. Now he was just a memory.

With time one ages, and with age one comes closer to their end. With time one builds a family, a house, a name and with age one learns to live without them.

How many paths had I avoided in life? How many times had I been content to stop at "close enough"--too afraid to push ahead? Too afraid to let go?Too afraid to give up . . . control.

Sorrowful tears drench the earth, rise again in the form of hope

Wisdom often comes from those with the least to lose.

If everything else were still the same, he'd have felt Zee's absence like a gaping hole. But if he could continue to reconfigure his entire life, there would be no missing place where Zee had been.

It was a tragic end to a heroic life.

With the ambitions, to seize the opportunity to win is your big loss.

Allow yourself some happiness, so that I can be a part of it.

Loss is merely a tool for evaluation, organization, determination and actualization towards being the best you that you can possibly be.

I work so hard for profits because my dreams are expensive.

When life hands you the unthinkable you must find new ways to see.

There is nothing like feeling truly "awake" and aware of my life and what it means to me. So I look ahead and think, "There is still so much to be done, and I will continue to make the most of it.

I would still rather feel things and live life to the fullest rather than hide in a cave and attempt to protect myself from the uncertainties of the world.

We never truly "get over" a loss, but we can move forward and evolve from it.

I believe I gather strength from the generations of women who came before me - that together we all hold the suffering of the world.

It is true that the grief journey is very lonely, but it is also up to you to decide just how lonely you will make it.

The truth is, we never know what life will bring us and we don't have as much control as we might think we have. But we CAN choose how we walk through life and how we spend our time.

You have to do what feels right for you. Do not let anyone influence you otherwise. It is your mind, your heart, and your own internal wisdom that will lead you in the direction you need to go.

Once you have walked down the grief path, what you have gained on your journey may turn into invaluable advice for someone else.

I began to feel that nature itself was nurturing me, reminding me that life still offered beauty and calm, and that I was also made out of these elements.

Each loss brings growth with it, and learning to handle new experiences and taking charge of your needs is part of the transformative process.

Remember to view yourself and your humanness with a kind heart.

Learning to live again wholeheartedly includes letting love flow freely in and out of your heart.

Some of the choices you make might not always turn out to be the best ones, but at least you are learning as you go.

I realized, it is not the time that heals, but what we do within that time that creates positive change.

How we respond to grief can shape our present

If he didn’t love so deeply, he couldn’t grieve so deeply. But he’s drowning in it.

There are degrees of obsession, of awareness, of grief, of insanity.

I grief for the foolishness of my ignorance.

Remember to add the most important ingredient to every recipe you make - your love!

It’s okay to cry. Giving in to the tears is terrifying, like freefalling to earth without a parachute. But it’s vital to our wellbeing as we process the deep anguish.

Just as it is impossible to explain childbirth to a woman who has never given birth, it is impossible to explain child loss to a person who has never lost a child.

Maybe there is no one way to deal with grief, but knowing that we're not totally alone is the best we can do.

I will always wear this scar. It's called love.

It may be difficult, but thru sorrow, it’s important to find happiness in our memories and be very thankful to have them!

You can't make anything if you're lost to yourself. You'll want to again, it's who you are. Wren, grieving is hard. Complex. Takes its own time.

When we start rating each other’s lives and afflictions, we lose a bit of our humanity, compassion and perspective.

The deeper the grief, the more radiant the love.

Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.

In order to heal, you have to first be broken.

People come and go from our lives all the time. It's not our fault that people leave. The Universe is just making room for new people with new lessons.

Never compare your grief.You - and only youwalk your path.

There is greater clarity in the still waters of sadness, something not found in the babbling brooks of more sought after emotions.

The death of loved ones often awakens the death inside of us.

May the beauty of the flowers remind us of the beauty of our loved one's spirit

...it is love, imperfect and unordered, that keeps them apart, even as it holds them somehow together...

I wish I believed him. He's looking at me like he can see where I begin.

This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold.

Don't allow the pride, ego and insecurities of others stunt your growth.