“Divorce is one of the most stressful life events anyone goes through. Only the loss of a loved one and moving are even in its class, difficulty-wise-and divorcing generally involves both of those as well. Even when you are the one initiating the divorce, the enormous changes that result are bound to throw you off and leave you feeling, at the very least, a bit lost.” WellsFeelingsMovingLostBitsLossResultsClassWiseEventsDifficultyBoundsDivorceEnormousLoved OnesStressfulLoss Of A Loved OneStressful Life Author:Emily Doskow
“One of the reasons the English got through all their falls and the loss of their empire, all their disasters, their strikes, their difficulties, their wars through the years was they had Shakespeare to fall back on. And they speak well in England.” YearsWellsWarReasonFallSpeakLossDifficultyEnglandStrikesDisasterEmpiresFall BackThrough The Years Author:Norman Mailer
“We have had so many years of prosperity, we have passed through so many difficulties and dangers without the loss of liberty - that we begin to think that we hold it by divine right from heaven itself ... It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.” ThinkingYearsHeavenLossLibertyDangerDivineDifficultyHarderProsperityPreservesDivine Right Author:John C. Calhoun
“God is not concerned about our plans; He doesn’t ask, “Do you want to go through this loss of a loved one, this difficulty, or this defeat?” No, He allows these things for His own purpose. The things we are going through are either making us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women, or they are making us more critical and fault-finding, and more insistent on our own way. The things that happen either make us evil, or they make us more saintly, depending entirely on our relationship with God and its level of intimacy.” MenWayWantHappensPurposeEvilAsksLossLevelsPlansFindingsMen And WomenConcernedDifficultyFaultsDefeatCriticalIntimacyLoved OnesOur RelationshipRelationship With GodLoss Of A Loved OneHis LossFault Finding Book:My Utmost for His Highest Source: My Utmost for His Highest
“The greatest disaster of all was after all the difficulties and loss of life and expenditures, President [Barak] Obama walked away, in 2011, and it is a disaster. And now we've got half of Iraq under the ISIS control and terrorists, and Iran has moved in because we weren't there, and they've taken more influence. Just a few thousand troops, in my opinion, would have avoided that.” PresidentLossHalfOpinionTakenInfluenceThousandDifficultyMovedIraqDisasterTerroristIranTroopsAvoidedIsisExpendituresBarak Obama Author:Jeff Sessions
“But this cheap-thrill version, this sort of ease definition, the feel-good definition of happiness is an empty promise. Unless we get wiser as to how to carry the difficulties of life in a way that's self-compassionate and empowering, we can create this kind of world in which we'd rather sort of plug into the matrix with whatever pills or escapist tendencies we can think of instead of walking through a process of living that's going to include loss. It's going to include limitations on function. We need to learn and teach our children how to do that.” ThinkingWorldKindChildrenLossTeachWalkingPromiseEmptyDifficultyOur ChildrenLimitationEmpoweringWiser Author:Steven C. Hayes
“If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change.” IfsMadeOrderLossAcceptingGraceWonderfulDifficultyGentleRecognizingUnwelcome Author:Kathleen Norris