When things are dark it can feel like they’ll be that way forever.
They won’t – we WILL get through this – and it helps to hear some strong words from strong people who have lived through so much before us.
In the spirit of persevering through even the darkest of the dark, I bring you ten inspiring quotes to get us all through hard times.
(In case you need reminding, the Corona virus is no match for the human spirit.)
1. Hope begins in the dark. (Anne Lamott)
2. “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “As do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” (J.R.R.Tolkien)
3. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. (Mary Tyler Moore)
4. We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. (Seneca)
5. You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming. (Pablo Neruda)
6. Life is shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. (Voltaire)
7. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay. (Maya Angelou)
8. There will come a time when you think everything is finished – that will be the beginning. (Louis L’amour)
9. At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. (Frida Kahlo)
10. Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end. (John Lennon)
This is a marathon, not a sprint.
Whatever you’re feeling, whether it be fear, overwhelm, grief, hope, silliness, exhaustion - allow it. No feeling is wrong - only the resistance to it.
As Glennon Doyle so often says, we can do hard things.
xo,
Melissa