“if anyone is magically going to appearand suddenly make your life better,just know that personis always going to be you” good grief, brianna pastor
Category Archives: Comforting Thought
Comforting Thought: There are people waiting to meet you
“there are people waiting to meet you.
people waiting to love you.
there are places that stand still
until you’ve stepped foot in them.
something really beautiful
could happen for you in the morning.
there is so much waiting for your arrival.
arrive there.”
good grief, brianna pastor #poetry #hope #love #psychology
Comforting Thought: Life as a Roman Candle
“God speaks to each of us as he makes us,then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall,go to the limits of your longing.Embody me. Flare up like a flameand make big shadows I can move in. Let everything happen to you:Continue reading “Comforting Thought: Life as a Roman Candle”
Comforting Thought: Interior Life is Real Life
Though we do not wholly believe it yet, the interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.
—James Baldwin
Comforting Thought: Remember, don’t be frightened
“So don’t be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. WhyContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Remember, don’t be frightened”
Comforting Thought: And the people stayed home by Kitty O’Meara
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still.” #alone #quote #healing #love #connection
Comforting Thought: Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere – they’re in each other all along
The moment I heard my first love storyI started looking for you, not knowinghow blind that was.Lovers don’t finally meet somewhereThey’re in each other all along.-Rumi
Comforting Thought: Sometimes I’m the wind
“sometimes, i consider myselfto be the windsometimes, i consider myselfto be the anchorsometimes, i know that without a doubt,i am the oceanbut only the open sky can seewhat i really am” good grief, brianna pastor “you need both the light and the dark. one does not exist without the other. to sweep your darkness underContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Sometimes I’m the wind”
Comforting Thought: Don’t be afraid of repetition and obligation in our lives
“Without cyclical repetition, our lives dissolve into empty noise devoid of content. Without repetition, there is no obligation. Repetition is getting up every morning and making pack lunches for the kids. It’s visiting old friends, even though they may be depressed and not that fun to be around.”
Comforting Thought: The comfort of knowing
“i take great comfort in knowingthere are even better versions of myselfthat i haven’t hugged yet” good grief, brianna pastor
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