“I write these words to bear witness to the primacy of resistance struggle in any situation of domination (even within family life); to the strength and power that emerges from sustained resistance and the profound conviction that these forces can be healing, can protect us from dehumanization and despair.” WritingForceHealingSituationStruggleBearsProtectDespairProfoundConvictionResistanceWitnessDominationFamily LifeDehumanizationPrimacy Book:Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black Source: Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
“Meditation is not meant to help us avoid problems or run away from difficulties. It is meant to allow positive healing to take place. To meditate is to learn how to stop—to stop being carried away by our regrets about the past, our anger or despair in the present, or our worries about the future.” HelpingProblemRunningPastHealingWorryLearningMeditationRegretFutureDespairDifficultyAngerRunning AwayCarried Away Book:Walking Meditation Source: Walking Meditation
“In the middle of this despair [of postwar Germany], my family learned about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the healing message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. This message made all the difference; it lifted us above our daily misery. Life was still thorny and the circumstances still horrible, but the gospel brought light, hope, and joy into our lives. The plain and simple truths of the gospel warmed our hearts and enlightened our minds. They helped us look at ourselves and the world around us with different eyes and from an elevated viewpoint.” WorldMindLooksHeartMadeStillsDifferentLightEyeJoyJesusChristDifferencesChurchSimpleHealingOur LivesMiddleCircumstancesDespairMessagesJesus ChristMy FamilyMiserySaintHorribleGermanyLatterEnlightenedViewpointsLatter DaysSimple TruthsLatter Day SaintsPlain And Simple Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.” PeopleWorldFeelsTodayResultsHealingEnvironmentDespairDestructionChaosHealWoundedAlienation Author:Michael Jackson
“Love. Healing. Help. Hope. The power of Christ to counter all troubles in all times—including the end of times. That is the safe harbor God wants for us in personal or public days of despair. That is the message with which the Book of Mormon begins, and that is the message with which it ends, calling all to 'come unto Christ, and be perfected in him' (Moroni 10:32).” WantBookEndsHelpingChristHealingTroubleCallingSafeDespairMessagesIncludingAll TimeEnd TimesHarborsSafe HarborHealing Love Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.” InspirationalHumansHelpingUseHumanityEnergyForceHurtAbilityPowerfulHealingPowerWise WordsDespairEncouragementHumbleAvailableHarmHealMost PowerfulPower Of WordsConstructiveHinderOur WordsWords Of EncouragementHumiliateFreedom To ChooseEffective CommunicationUsing WordsI Was HurtWords HurtWords Can Hurt Author:Yehuda Berg
“The healing begins when we can start to feel more gratitude that our child came into our life than despair and outrage that our child died. The gratitude is what heals the despair.” FeelsChildrenHealingOur LivesGratitudeDespairDiedOur ChildrenHealOutrage Author:Ram Dass
“Whatever else the true preaching of the word would need to include, it at least would have to be a word that speaks from the perspective of those who have been crushed and marginalized in our society. It would need to be a word of solidarity, healing and love in situations of brokenness and despair and a disturbing and troubling word of justice to those who wish to protect their privilege by exclusion.” NeedsHas BeensSpeakWishJusticeHealingSituationPerspectiveProtectDespairAnd LovePrivilegeOur SocietyPreachingSolidarityDisturbingCrushedBrokennessExclusionMarginalized Author:Letty M. Russell