“when people go away, or when we leave the places we love, or something we treasure goes out of our life - I have always noticed that before it happens - this leaving, this parting - when we think about it beforehand we are overwhelmed with sadness at the loss to come. ... the most unbearable sense of loss, the worst homesickness of all, so I have found, is this loss and sickness we feel beforehand, before we ever leave home.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHomeHappensFoundLossOur LivesSadnessWorstLeavingTreasureSicknessGoing AwayOverwhelmedUnbearablePartingHomesicknessHis Loss Author:Nan Fairbrother
“Lincoln had internalized the pain of those around him-the wounded soldiers, the captured prisoners, the defeated Southerners. Little wonder that he was overwhelmed at times by a profound sadness that even his own resilient temperament could not dispel.” LittlesPainWonderSadnessProfoundSoldierPrisonerDefeatedWoundedOverwhelmedTemperamentCapturedResilientSouthernerWounded SoldierProfound Sadness Book:Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Source: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
“Person who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul. So if we want to live better and invest wisely in our souls, we've got to change our approach to the way we make decisions. We've got to rethink how we use the two most powerful words, yes and no.” IfsWayWantPersonsTwoSoulUseDecisionPowerfulSadnessApproachStressMost PowerfulSchedulesOverwhelmedAchePowerful WordsYes And No Author:Lysa TerKeurst
“One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.” SadnessDepressionOneselfOverwhelmedBeing Overwhelmed Author:Jackie Kennedy
“Sadness is not always the worst feeling. Sometimes it's a really pleasurable thing to be overwhelmed with sadness.” SometimesFeelingsSadnessWorstOverwhelmed Author:Matt Berninger
“I'm overwhelmed with sadness for everything that was lost, and filled with anger toward the people who took it away. My people-or at least, my old people. I don't know who I am anymore, or where I belong. That's not totally true...I know I belong with Alex.” PeopleKnowsLostSadnessFilledWho I AmOverwhelmedOld PeopleAlex Author:Lauren Oliver
“Entering Malibu, I was overwhelmed by a feeling of nostalgia and long lost sadness, like seeing a home I had left a long time ago and had returned to.” LongFeelingsHomeLostLeftSeeingSadnessLong TimeNostalgiaEnteringOverwhelmedLong Time AgoMalibu Author:Nick Mancuso
“A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.” SoulSadnessStressSchedulesOverwhelmedAche Author:Lysa TerKeurst