You don't blast a heart open," she said. "You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.

Gratitude isn't a tool to manipulate the universe or God. It's a way to acknowledge our faith that everything happens for a reason even if we don't know what that reason is. ~Melody Beattie, 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact, pg. 34.

Writing forces consciousness.

Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible-controlling that which we cannot-and instead, focus on what is possible-which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible.

Be patient. Relax and trust. Let go. Then, let go some more.

When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves.

When we're surrounded by things that look impossible, making a simple choice to do something that's possible is a powerful thing to do.