Getting angry because you cannot will yourself to push through it at your old pace will sabotage the pace of healing. Patience gives you the grace to slow down and let your soul catch up in its own time and in its own way.

You are like a baby bird that has fallen out of the nest, too weak and fragile to fly back. You need to learn how to feed yourself soul vitamins so that you can regain your energy and the will to live fully.

God never closes a door without opening a window. But we have to look for it.” – Sarah Mahoney

It is our American tradition to come together in times of tragedy. This is how we grow as a people and as a nation.

We need to find the humility to admit that we are indeed powerless and helpless so we can take the first steps in finding ways to heal. – Dr. Thomas Demaria

Although we have had significant losses, we did not lose our most important things: our health, our children, and those we love.

Getting up and putting on your shoes after a disaster is a badge of honor.” -- Dr. Thomas Demaria

True healing is when you somehow transform the nature of how you perceive what you have gone through.” -- Dr. Thomas Demaria

There are two types of problems: the ones we pay attention to so that we can come up with solutions, and those from which we run away.