852 Quotes About Resilience

Allow not, the shallow intentions or vile aspirations of others to taint your heart; Love always. - With an abundance of positivity you will counter the negative, always.

Unable to sleep, or pray, I standby the window looking outat moonstruck trees a December stormhas bowed with ice.Maple and mountain ash bendunder its glassy weight,their cracked branches falling uponthe frozen snow.The trees themselves, as in winters past,will survive their burdening,broken thrive. And am I less to You,my God, than they?

Survival is an instinct, not a choice.

My capacity to break was not a burden or a punishment. It was my gift. My gift was to dare to be broken open again and again.

We have our favorite resources and things we gravitate toward: comfort food, say, or a favorite sentimental blanket. Of course, things change and many times those resources no longer provide us with everything we need. If we are to enjoy a diverse diet, we need diverse sources of information to guide us in making decisions. Valuing diversity in all things helps us build resilience and buffer the extremes.

All I could do was trust the breaking and move forward to greet this newest version of myself, whoever she was and whatever form she decided to take.

When this book [So Far From The Bamboo Grove] was accepted for publication, a writer friend told Yoko that now she would be competing with other writers. Yoko said, No, she would not compete with anyone for anything. "I competed with life and death when young," she said. "And I won." ... Here is the story of her victory.

When this book [So Far From The Bamboo Grove] was accepted for publication, a writer friend told Yoko that now she would be competing with other writers. Yoko said, No, she would not compete with anyone for anything. 'I competed with life and death when young,' she said. 'And I won.' ... Here is the story of her victory.

Heart RingsWhat stories would our bones tellif they had rings like trees?circles marking the timeswhen you felt lovedwhen you were in lovewhen you grievedwhen you did something thatrequired every last ounce of your couragewhen you were full of faith — That is how our hearts worka lone, rhythmic documentarian chronicling your life in the shadow of your flesh mysterious even to its ownerAnd someday we might learnthat it was drawing a mapfor the soul to navigate the real final frontier