"If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace."

-Thomas Paine

"That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind." -William Wordsworth

Don't Be Afraid to Say No and Take Some Time

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe." Friedrich NietzscheGerman philosopher (1844 - 1900)

I chose this quote because often when one is dying or grieving society expects more than what we have to give. Often we are expected to move on as if nothing is happening or has even happend. This is where we need to use our voice for ourselves and others. Studies show it's important to have some time alone, rest is needed, so when you feel the need or see someone being pushed when they need to rest don't be afraid, speak up.... Laurie

"We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure." -Cesar Chavez

"It is helpful to remember that ego strength and growth come from struggle."
-Sally Dunning, A.C.S.W. Family Styles Child Bereavement Project

"That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. " -William Wordsworth

"Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which we live." - Robert Kennedy

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."
-Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Nobel Prize winner 1921

"You create your own universe as you go along"
- Winston Churchill 1874-1965

"...everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way..."

-Viktor Frankl, born 1905,
prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp from 1942 to 1945

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life’s battlefield but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone; but let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure”

– Ranbindranath Tagore, “Fruit-Gathering” from “On Death and Dying”

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do” – Eleanor Roosevelt

ASK FOR THE LADDER

“Sometimes when you are deep down in the dark hole you must stop and ask your self: Am I going to grab the shovel or reach for help from a Higher Being and ask for the ladder to get back into the light?” – Laurie L. Bayless 10/21/07