292 Quotes by Glennon Doyle Melton

The one closest to the departed has to be the first one to step from despair to hope. Nobody else is allowed to jump ahead and shove open the door. That’s the rule.

Teamwork. Love takes teamwork, I think.

Grief is love’s souvenir. It’s our proof that we once loved. Grief is the receipt we wave in the air that says to the world: Look! Love was once mine. I love well. Here is my proof that I paid the price.

Books are how I learned to disappear, to live in a world other than the uncomfortable physical one.

I don’t believe in advice. Everybody has the answers right inside her, since we’re all made up of the same amount of God. So when a friend says, I need some advice, I switch it to, I need some love, and I try to offer that.

I am loved and have always been loved and will always, always be loved. I have never been separated from this love, I have only convinced myself I was.

Are we ever ready for the terrifying gifts life offers us?

We either allow ourselves to feel the burn of our own pain or someone we love gets burned by it.

My courage will come from knowing I can handle whatever I encounter there – because I was designed by my creator to not only survive pain and love but also to become whole inside it. I was born to do this. I am a Warrior.