Sharon E. Rainey Quotes

“I did the only thing I knew how to do: I built my own walls of silence to disguise my desperation and what later came to be recognized and diagnosed as depression.”

Silence Depression Desperation

Book:Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life

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“By first grade, my sense of worth was in direct proportion to what I learned and what I contributed back to the class. I had already become a human doing instead of a human being.”

Human Being Doing

Book:Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life

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“It is important for me to focus on positive actions taken to heal instead of beating myself up over what I did wrong each day. It shifts my perspective, thus making my body and mind more hospitable places for healing and positive energy.”

Action Energy Positive Perspective Positivity Heal Place Positive Energy Shift Hospitable Beating Myself Up

Book:The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

Source: The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

“This is where life as I knew it changed. This is where a new feeling slowly, eventually, permeated every cell of my body, changing the way I took in the world. My perceptions, opinions, everything changed the year I moved from Texas to Virginia.”

Life Change Perception

Book:Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life

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“I had to clear up my messy life. By letting go of the debris and filth, I have come to a deeper, more soulful beauty and clarity like an oasis in the desert. From that place of clarity, a vision of what I could have, what I could do, who I could be has emerged if I allow my heart to become a place of compassion, acceptance and forgiveness.”

Inspirational Compassion Beauty Forgiveness Desert Oasis

Book:Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life

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“I can’t cure anyone. I can’t guarantee they will heal. I can only tell them my story, remind them that they are not alone in their journey and offer a glimmer of hope for healing.”

Hope Journey Loneliness Heal Alone Story Cure Guarantee Glimmer Healing Insight

Book:The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

Source: The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

“Acceptance doesn’t mean that life gets better; it just means that my way of living life on life’s terms improves.”

Life Acceptance

Book:Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life

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“When I could find something to laugh about for 30 minutes, my grief lightened just enough to make the day bearable.”

Grief Laughter Grieving Bearable Lighten Timeving

Book:The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

Source: The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

“Most of all, I remember her laughing. It filled my ears. Her smile, her sparkling eyes, and her infectious laughter, along with the vistas, were limitless and unending and powerful.”

Laughter

Book:Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life

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“Laughter lightens my heart and therefore heals my soul as well.”

Heart Soul Healing Laughter Lighten

Book:The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

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“Forgiveness does not mean I approve of or condone what transpired.”

Forgiveness Healing Insights Event Approve Transpire Condone

Book:The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

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“NO” is a complete sentence. It does not require an explanation to follow. You can truly answer someone’s request with a simple No.”

Explanation Request Saying No No Answers To Prayers

Book:The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

Source: The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

“Time heals even the deepest wounds.”

Time Wounds Heals

Book:Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life

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“The Aramaic word for “forgive” means literally to “untie.” Hatred and anger had bound me to my pain. The fastest way to free the self from an enemy and all associated negativity is to forgive. Untie those bindings; free yourself from that person’s ugliness.”

Pain Freedom Healing Enemy Forgiveness Hatred Anger Ugly Negativity Ugliness Forgive Bound Aramaic Untie

Book:The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

Source: The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal

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