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“Honor He Wrote Sonnet 19 From error to error, we'll correct our errors. From failure to failure, we shall rise high. From despair to despair, our fears disappear. From scar to scar, our heart learns to fly. From one jinx to another, we become destiny. From darkness to darkness, we become light. One wound to another, we become the cure. From one loss to another, we understand life. Dust bite after dust bite, all dust become ointment. One lost road after another, we draw a new map. Teardrops upon teardrops, all tears turn elixir. One screw-up after another, we learn to grow up. One heartbreak to another, we become the healer. Bearing crisis upon crisis, we shall rise as creator.”

“This skin, stitched with the silence of each woman before me, tightens each time I try to move differently. My hands carry her habits folding towels with precision, biting the inside of her cheek instead of speaking. I learned early that a woman’s grief should look like grace. When I say I’m tired, I mean: my spine bends in the same places hers did. when I cry, It’s always near the stove, as if inherited sorrow prefers the scent of something burning. I try to unlearn her footsteps, walk backward through time, but even my sorrow wears her name.”

“Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.”

“Self-deception and vanity are grievous sin. The ego is the cause of all human suffering. We suffer from life only when we fail to examine the cause of our sorrow. Letting go of destructive illusions and freeing oneself from egotism of self-pity enables a person to sense the rich intertexture of their inner world, which is the only facet of reality that we exercise exclusive dominion and control.”

“My prayer is that laughter rises from tear-filled bottles and that pure joy overtakes you to the point you are jumping and leaping—shouting even. ~Tekoa Manning”

“Our basic instinct is something that is innate to us. It is not something we pursue or learn. A bird does not learn to sing. A bird is instinctively ‘songful’. Similarly a human being does not have to learn to be joyful. We are instinctively joyful. The reason we do not experience joy is that we have learnt its exact opposite – to be sorrowful. Sorrow is mental suffering or pain caused by injury, loss of despair. While pain is physical, sorrow and misery are mental states. Sometimes pain cannot be avoided, however, sorrow can be unlearnt. This is simply because sorrow is not real, sorrow is a mental make-up.”

“The universe acknowledges the value of your tears; for when it rains, it is shedding its own.”

“Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.”

“Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.”

“If rocks did not persevere under heat and pressure, they would never become diamonds.”

“The bad chapters of your life lead to the good ones if you keep turning the pages.”

“Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.”

“When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, “At least now I can see the stars.”

“Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.”

“Life hands us storms so we can paint rainbows.”

“Sorrow and strife comes to all persons. Mature people expect hardships and setbacks and patiently and determinedly work to accomplish their goals. Immature people lash out in anger and frustration when circumstances conspire to blunt their short-term objectives.”

“The best couples share the load, divide the grief, and add to the peace, thereby multiplying joy.”

“Sorrow and pain come in somber colors with blackened curtains that cover windows of opportunity. This weighted down worry and heartache can keep us awake at night.”

“Count your summers, not your winters.”

“Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.”