“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and beauty with my whole heart. I must let it all in.” LovePainJoyFaithBeautyGraceDespairPersonal GrowthMemoirEcstasyBereavementGrieveWhole Hearted Book:Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith Source: Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith
“In this week I see such a picture of life, hard and joyful pressed up together and sleeping in the same bed. They come knit together. The lines of pain run through the joy and remind us to go all in, because life is short. The joy edges the pain and gives us a reason to rise.” PainJoyLossGriefHealingDarknessDepressionInspirational QuoteMemoirRecoveryLife QuoteLife Is ShortPersevereRise AgainGo All In Book:Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith Source: Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith
“A basic reality of life is that we all struggle. We hurt and have hurt other people. We all feel lost sometimes. This isn’t all we are, but it is a part of who we are. The only question I have when I’m with someone is, “Can they admit it? And will they let me admit it too?” LifePainReligionFaithLostRelationshipsHurtChristianityStruggleGraceJourneyHonestyMemoirSisterhood Book:Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith Source: Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith