How often do you hear or read something that touches you deeply? How often do you think, "I need to remember that?" How often does that flicker of inspiration get lost an hour later?
Years ago, at a very hard point in my life, a good friend shared his own book of inspiration. This was not a book, but just a bunch of quotes printed out and placed in a notebook. His quotes were helpful to me.
Over time, I forgot about the inspirational quotes. Then, as I was learning to live with lupus, I started keeping my own book of quotes.
I am reading It's Not the End of the World by Joan Borysenko, one of my favorite authors. Here are some quotes that really spoke to me:
"Resilience is a reflex, a way of facing and understanding the world, that is deeply etched into a person's mind and soul."
"Those who have a 'why' to live for can bear with almost any 'how.'"
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."
"What's your habitual story about why bad things happen?"
Consider getting a notebook and writing down the things that inspire you, the things that make you feel good, the things that bring you back to who you are.
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