Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair
Her work was a way to form something luminous and enduring out of pain. In this way she would not let darkness have the last word. We work to bring justice to the world, to bring help in crisis, but we also work for beauty, laughter, and levity, for sheer pleasure.
Tish Harrison Warren • Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
Whether the globe of your life shatters in one moment or develops fault lines and cracks slowly, trauma is about more than endings; it’s the beginning of transformation. The purpose of the shattering isn’t to stay broken; we can allow ourselves to be transformed and even take an active role in that transformation.
Melody Beattie • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Revised and Updated)
some cases we don’t even know that the wounds and the cramping are there, but both limit us. They keep us moving and writing in tight, worried ways. They keep us standing back or backing away from life, keep us from experiencing life in a naked and immediate way. So how do we break through them and get on?