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“When you approach spirituality as an adventure of being alive, you start as you would any adventure--with a sense of mystery and not-knowing. Instead of searching for answers that make you feel safe, you set out into the vastness of life and death, with a willingness to continually grow. You open up to the possibility that your ordinary life is an extraordinary adventure, and that your joys and sorrows have meaning. Spiritual practice becomes your rudder, offering direction and insight and discretion as you venture into the unknown.”

Source: The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure

“Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility.”

Possibility Sorrow Anxiety Antidote Doorways Each New Day

Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance. It denies (in the face of much evidence, if you will) universal final defeat...giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy; Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.”

Ifs World Giving Doe Faces Joy Grief Existence Possibility Wall Sorrow Evidence Universal Finals Defeat Deny Tales Fairy Fairy Tale Glimpse Fleeting Deliverance Poignant

Author:J. R. R. Tolkien

“I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn. But, and that is the great question, will I ever be able to write anything great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer?”

Ifs Want Writing I Can Able Possibility Goes On Sorrow Grateful Disappear Developing Journalist Shakes Reborn I Am Grateful Grateful To God

Author:Anne Frank

“...the girl longed for a love that could not be ended by death. From the time she was young, she knew that her true love was there, somewhere, living a life that would one day intersect her own. Knowing this made every day full of sweet possibility. Knowing that her true love lived and breathed and went about his day under her same sun made her fears vanish, her sorrows small, and her hopes high. Though she did not yet know his face, the color of his eyes, still she knew him better than anyone else knew him, knew his hopes and dreams, what made him laugh and cry.”

Knows Made Stills Dream Eye Faces Young Girl Laughing Sun Knowing Cry Possibility Color Sweet Sorrow One Day His Eyes Hopes And Dreams

Author:Martine Leavitt

“But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluctance and deep, deep sorrow. But there is compensation for lives unlived in the intoxicating joy of knowing that the life you have - right here, right now - if the one you have chosen. There is power in that, and hope.”

People Ifs Life Is Joy Knowing Possibility Regret Sorrow Right Now Letting Go Constant Chosen Stolen Compensation Reluctance Withering Deep Sorrow

Author:Emily Maguire

“Work is an antidote for anxiety, and ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility. Whatever our circumstances in life, my dear brethren, let us do the best we can and cultivate a reputation for excellence in all that we do. Let us set our minds and bodies to the glorious opportunity for work that each new day presents.”

Mind Body Opportunity Possibility Circumstances Sorrow Anxiety Excellence Dear Reputation Glorious Do The Best Mind And Body Antidote New Day Doorways Brethren Each New Day

Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“The possibilities were endless. Battles would be fought. Wonders revealed. Many journeys. Many lands. Many joys. Many sorrows. But stories all...”

Stories Would Be Joy Wonder Journey Land Possibility Sorrow Battle Endless

Book:Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King

Source: Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King

“I can remember being eight years old and having infinite possibilities. But life ends up being so much less that we thought it would be when we were kids, with relationships that are so empty and stupid and brutal. If you don't find a way to break the chain and change in some way, then you wind up, as the rhyme goes: a murder of one, for sorrow.”

Ifs Way Years I Can Ends Would Be Kids Remember Break Stupid Possibility Wind Sorrow Empty Murder Infinite Eight Chains Brutal Rhyme Infinite Possibilities

Author:Adam Duritz

“The greatest barrier to own own healing is not the pain, sorrow or violence inflicted upon us as children. Our greatest hindrance is our ongoing capacity to judge, to criticize, and to bring tremendous harm to ourselves. If we can harden our heart against ourselves and meet our most tender feelings with anger and condemnation, we simultaneously armor our heart against the possibility of gentleness, love and healing.”

Source: Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood