"Nothing is permanent which makes what we had all the more precious. There is no time to waste. We must live fully and love passionately in the present -- in the moment -- which is truly all we have."
-- Ellen Sue Stern

" People who conquer grief have a sense of joy that is solid. They know they can handle what life deals. They are compassionate. They have a reverence for life."
-- Bob Deits

" Normal day--let me be aware of the treasure you are!"
-- Unknown

" I Don't Know Why: I don't know why ... I'll never know why ... I don't have to know why ... I don't like it ... I don't have to like it ... What I do have to do is make a choice about my living. -- What I do want to do is to accept it and go on living. The choice is mine. -- I can go on living, valuing every moment in a way I never did before, -- or I can be destroyed by it and, in turn, destroy others. -- I thought I was immortal, that my children and family were also, -- That tragedy happened to others ... -- But I know now that life is tenuous and valuable. And I choose to go on living, making the most of the time I have, -- Valuing my family and friends in a way I never experienced before."
-- Iris M. Bolton

"Banish fear, Move beyond fear's stagnation, Listen to your heart."
-- Jamie Sams & Daivd Carson

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness to proceed in its presence."

"Focus, Pay attention. Handle one thing at a time. Honor your perceptions."
-- Jamie Sams & Daivd Carson

"My magical star is always with me. It is my own imagination. It lights my way in darkness and gives me courage."
-- Joan Drescher

"Dear God, here's a poem; I love you because you give us what we need to live, but I wish you would tell me why you made it so we have to die. "
-- Daniel from "LettersTo God"

" Just remember in the darkest hour -- Within your heart's the power -- For making you -- A hero too -- So don't lose hope when you're forlorn -- Just keep your eyes -- Upon the skies -- Every night a star is -- Right in sight -- a star is burning bright -- a star is born. Like a beacon in the cold dark night -- A star is born. Told ya everything would turn out right."
-- From the movie Hercules: A Star is Born

"Feel the fear--and do it anyway."
-- Susan Jeffers

"The essence of courage is being willing to feel our heart even in situations that are difficult or painful."
-- John Welwood

"It's good to remember that we aren't helpless. There is always something we can do."
-- Carla Gorrell

"Adversity introduces a man to himself."
-- Anonymous

"You never really lose until you quit trying."
-- Mike Ditka

" I am not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."
-- Louisa May Alcott

" When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."
-- Charles Beard

"The only feelings that do not change are the ones that are ignored."
-- Anne Brener

"See your potential, take pride in yourself, honor the right to BE."
-- Jamie Sams & Daivd Carson

"Don't walk in front of me - I may not follow. Don't walk behind me - I may not lead. Walk beside me and just be my friend."
-- Camus

"Healthy grief does not involve a denial of the past anymore than it involves a refusal to embrace the future."
-- Ann Kaiser Stearn

"Tears are often the telescope through which men see into heaven."
-- Unknown

"Feelings are like walking a seashore. The waves go back and forth. As the waves near high tide, they come in just a little bit farther and go out just a little bit less. From wave to wave you notice little difference. But if you step back and view the whole seashore, you can see some change. Your feelings may not seem to change by the hour or by the day. But step back and look. You may see you've made real progress."
-- Mark Scrivani

" We all know that grief is about losing. We need to know that it can also be about growing."
-- Bob Deits

"Make today count, Build toward manifesting your dreams & goals."
-- Jamie Sams & Daivd Carson

"In one of the stars -- I shall be living -- In one of them -- I shall be laughing -- And so it will be as if all the stars -- were laughing -- when you look -- at the sky at night --and there is sweetness -- in the laughter of all the stars -- and in the memories of those you love. "
-- The Little Prince: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn't permanent."
-- Jean Kerr

"Although the world is full of sorrow, it is full also of the overcoming of it."
-- Helen Keller

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die, any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings."
-- Okakura Kukuzo

"Lonliness is being cold - with nothing there to warm you.
Lonliness is a quiet tear and no one to kiss it away.
Lonliness is a vanished face, a whispered thought, a fading memory.
Lonliness is the emptyplace besideyou; it's loving when there's nothing left to love.
Lonlieness is the world I live in; It surrounds my thoughts, my prayers, my dreams.
It fills each tear and every sad smile, and it will never - go away."
-- Mary

"When he died I was a middle-aged housewife. Now I am an adolescent widow, emotionally volcanic like all adolescents."
-- Joan Gould

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and to let it come in."
-- Morrie Schwartz from "Tuesdays With Morrie'

" The great essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
-- Joseph Addison

" We may hesitate to become close, armoring ourselves as a way of preventing further hurt and abandonment. But love is essential. We must work a little harder to create and sustain different sorts of intimacy--with our children, our friends etc."
-- Ellen Sue Stern

"Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you. That is how I know you go on. Far across the distance and spaces between us -- You have come to show you go on. -- Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go on. Once more, you open the door -- And you're here in my heart. And my heart will go on and on. -- Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime. And never let go till we're gone. Love was when I loved you, one true time I hold to. In my life we'll always go on. ... You are safe in my heart."
-- Music by James Horner Lyric by Will Jennings

"Everything is better shared."
-- Gladiola Montana

"Whenever you feel lonely for Mommy, just look at the night sky for the brightest star and remember how very much Mommy loves you."
-- Kathleen Maresh Hemery

"I hear Daddy's voice in my heart, but I wish I could hear him in my ears. I just wish I could see him again."
-- Jane Loretta Winsch

"What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul."
-- Jewish Proverb

"It is such a secret place, the land of tears."
-- Antoine De Saint-Expupery

"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."
-- Albert Einstein

"In the midst of winter I finally learned there was in me, an invincible summer."
-- Albert Camus

"The heart would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."
-- unknown

"Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet."
-- Roger Miller

"When we can embrace death as simply another aspect of the life cycle, we will give appreciation and value to each life encounter knowing that it will never occur again."
-- Leo F. Buscaglia

" The true power is in each of us. It is in looking inward we will discover the brains, the courage, the heart, and the wisdom to find our way home."
-- L. Frank Baum

" There is a fine line between sorrow and self-pity. Sorrow is a temporary response to a specific situation. Self-pity is an ongoing attitude that permeates our lives. Sorrow says 'I hurt.' Self-pity says 'Poor me.'"
-- Ellen Sue Stern

"Making difficult matters mentionable is one of the best ways to help make them manageable."
-- Fred Rogers