I stood upon a hill and watched the light
Of a star,
Soundless and beautiful and far.
A scientist standing there with me
Said, 'it is not the star you see,
But a glow
That left the star light years ago.'
People are like stars in a timeless sky;
The light of a good person's life shines high,
Golden and splendid
Long after his brief earth years are ended."
~ Grace V. Watkins
"Recovery seems far and distant,
The road to healing, a long and lonely one.
Stand by me. Offer me your presence,
Your ears and your love.
Acknowledge my pain,
It is so real and ever present.
I am overwhelmed with sad and conflicting thoughts.
Lend me your hope for awhile.
A time will come when I heal,
And I will lend my renewed hope to others."
-Eloise Cole
"Wisdom is seeing the shape of your life
without obliterating...or getting over
a single instant of it."
~ Albert Huffstickler
"Pathological Narcissists only discard the best, most precious of gems of people... not the worst. They despise the strong, principled, decent & honest. Their discarding of you is then their highest commendation of your worth!" - A.V., from lisaescott.com
"There's no need to miss someone from your past; there's a reason they didn't make it into your future" ~ unknown
"By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, and undying,
Lady make note of this:
One of you is lying."
--Dorothy Parker, 'Unfortunate Coincidence'
"I heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord,
But--you don't really care for music, do ya...
It goes like this: a fourth, a fifth,
A Minor Fall, a major lift,
A baffled king composing
Hallelujah.
Your faith was strong, but you needed proof,
You saw her bathing on the roof,
Her beauty--and the moonlight overthrew ya.
Well she tied you to her kitchen chair,
Broke your throne,
Cut your hair,
And from your lips she drew a
Hallelujah.
Maybe, there's a God above, but
All I've ever learned from love
Is how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya.
It's not a cry that you hear at night,
It's not someone who's seen the light,
It's a cold and it's a broken
Hallelujah... "
~Leonard Cohen
"2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." ~James 1:2-4
"Stop and turn around
My arms are open wide
Come and let Me hold you
and dry the tears you've cried
In My arms no one will hurt you,
in My arms you will be free
from all the painful memories
that now are destroying thee..."
~ Susan Carlson
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us" -Joseph Campbell
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