Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days. Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are extending your best effort. Console your bruised and tender spirit with reminders of many other successes. Offer comfort in practical and tangible ways - as if you were encouraging your dearest friend. Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly.

Loving is the most unmitigated and courageous act I perform in a day.

One whispered yes becomes the wind song over an ocean of no's.

Distance cannot matter - ours is a friendship of the heart.

Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine.

May a thread of comfort be woven through your difficult days.

I wake up to profound perspective that allows me to celebrate the choices of my moments, of my life.