That's what courage is you know: being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

The only way past the pain is through it. Pain, grief, anger, misery...they don't go away-they just increase and compound and get worse. You have to live through them, acknowledge them. You have to give your pain its due.

All we can do is try, do our best. Give as much time as we have to give, one day at a time. One breath at a time

One breath at a time. One day at a time. Wake up, and be shredded. Cry for a while. Then stop crying and go about your day. You're not okay, but you're alive, and you will be okay, someday.

Forgetting is the mind's way of helping you heal. Helping you move on.

That's what courage is you know: being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

Compassion and pity are not the same: pity is looking down on someone, feeling sorry for them and offering nothing; compassion is seeing their pain and offering them understanding.