“Talk with your mate, your children and other loved ones about what you want for them when you are gone. By doing this, you give them liberty to live a full life and eventually find meaning again.”— Jason B. Rosenthal, nytimes.com
“The summer heat is kind at night, and every window in our house is open and welcome to it.”— Schuyler Peck, instagram.com
“If you’re in a toxic relationship right now, just know that there is a better life possible for you. You are worthy of the happiness that life has to offer. You are deserving of healthy love and self-love. You are worthy of infinite abundance and success. You will be okay by yourself. In fact, who k…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“In God's wildness lies the hope of the world—the great fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Our crude civilization engenders a multitude of wants, and lawgivers are ever at their wits' end devising. The hall and the theater and the church have been invented, and compulsory education. Why not add compulsory recreation? Our forefathers forged chains of duty and habit, which bind us notwithst…”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Earth hath no sorrows that earth cannot heal, or heaven cannot heal, for the earth as seen in the clean wilds of the mountains is about as divine as anything the heart of man can conceive!”— John Muir, amazon.com
“But the truth is, the ten or twenty minutes I was somebody’s mother were black magic. There is no adventure I would trade them for; there is no place I would rather have seen.”— ariel levy, newyorker.com
“The beautiful and healing power of every new first is that we have the opportunity to show up how we wish.”— Samantha Paige, shondaland.com
“The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.”— Marianne Williamson, awaken.com
“Jesus is merciful. Let this sink to your depths: He is merciful. Go to Him. Take the wounds you’ve incurred. Take your guilt over wounds you’ve caused. Take your heart broken once again by that old pattern of sin. Take your sickness. Your depression. Disappointment. He has mercy.”— Beth Moore, twitter.com
“While I found my passion for wine again, it has never felt quite the same. It took years of therapy to come to the realization that the only person responsible for sexual violence is the predator—period.”— Jacy Topps, munchies.vice.com
“If my father could kill people, then, I reasoned, anyone could be a killer.”— Jenn Carson, huffingtonpost.com
“Just as I was thinking beginning to think, I'm OK now, I'm saved, it started up again. And once it gets going, there's nothing I can do.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Healing takes more than time. It takes intentionality. It takes the humility and courage to call what hurts by its name and the resolve to do the work that freedom demands.”— Jackie Hill Perry, twitter.com