“Above all, we must understand that in leaving the toxic ways of the present we are healing ourselves, our places, and our planet. We rebel not as a last act of desperation but as a first act of creation.” WayFirstsLastsHealingCreationPlanetsLeavingRebelToxicDesperationOur Planet Author:Sam Smith
“Healing... is an active and internal process that includes investigating one's attitudes, memories and beliefs with the desire to release all negative patterns that prevent one's full emotional and spiritual recovery. This internal review inevitably leads one to review one's external circumstances in an effort to recreate one's life in a way that serves activation of will - the will to see and accept truths about one's life and how one has used one's energies; and the will to begin to use energy for the creation of love, self-esteem, and health.” WaySelfUseSpiritualUsedDesireBeliefEnergyProcessMemoriesEffortHealingAttitudeAcceptingSelf EsteemCreationEmotionalSelf LoveCircumstancesNegativePatternsActiveRecoveryEsteemReleaseInternalsReviewsInvestigatingAccepting The TruthActivation Book:Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing Source: Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing
“I think everybody needs healing. My understanding of human beings is that we were created in the image of God but we are all fallen, and Jesus died for us so that we can be redeemed. Every Christian is in a process of healing in some way. God's original creation was good, and in some ways fallen away from that. And in every area of our life we need to be healed and restored and to become more Christ-like.” ThinkingWayNeedsHumansChristianJesusProcessUnderstandingChristHuman BeingsHealingOur LivesCreationAreasDiedOriginalsFallenHealedGod ImageRedeemedChrist Like Author:Nicky Gumbel
“We are here to witness the creation and to abet it.” HealingCreationWitnessEmpty HousesAbet Author:Annie Dillard
“Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of Creation. (pg.99, "The Body and the Earth")” BodyEarthHealingImpossibleLonelinessCreationCreaturesOppositesHealed Author:Wendell Berry
“It is central to Christian living that we should celebrate the goodness of creation, ponder its present brokenness, and, insofar as we can, celebrate in advance the healing of the world, the new creation itself. Art, music, literature, dance, theater, and many other expressions of human delight and wisdom, can all be explored in new ways.” WorldWayShouldHumansArtChristianLiteratureHealingCreationExpressionGoodnessTheaterDelightCelebrateChristian LivingNew WaysPonderingBrokennessArt Music Author:N. T. Wright
“When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.” LoveLifeHeartSoulHandsEyeWorkHealingStepsDoorsSelf EsteemCreationAnd LoveSightCirclesSelf WorthHealEsteemMind Body Spirit Author:Michael Bridges
“Whether we are poets or parents or teachers or artists or gardeners, we must start where we are and use what we have. In the process of creation and relationship, what seems mundane and trivial may show itself to be a holy, precious part of a pattern.” MayUseShowsSeemsArtistProcessParentHealingTeacherCreationPoetHolyPatternsGardenerMundane Author:Luci Shaw
“The world is part of our own self and we are a part of its suffering wholeness. Until we go to the root of our image of separateness, there can be no healing ... Only when our feet learn once again how to walk in a sacred manner, and our hearts hear the real music of creation, can we bring the world back into balance.” WorldHeartRealSelfSufferingWalksHealingFeetCreationBalanceRootsSacredWholenessSeparatenessReal Music Author:Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
“Imagination is powerful. Imagination is healing. All you need is the courage to visualize what should be, and then give yourself to its creation. The result may not be what you expected, but it will be right.” NeedsGivingShouldMayImaginationResultsPowerfulHealingCreationExpected Author:Gabrielle Roth