Words of comfort, encouragement and wisdom

[Birdy77]

To all the beautiful people 🌞

Words placed in a particular order can have a profound effect on us.

Words can bring us a moment of comfort, give us a different perspective, or change the course of our thinking and outlook entirely.

I would like this to be a space where we share quotes that have meaning to us or that have the potential to bring some comfort or encouragement to somebody, even if just for the moment in which they are reading it.

I will start.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." - Mary Anne Radmacher

Go gently with yourselves lovely people.

🌻birdy

[Birdy77]

Hello to all you lovely people.

Thank you Paul. Acceptance can be a healing and gentle response. In line with that, here are some words from Stephanie Dowrick in Every Day a New Beginning:

There isn't a solution for every problem.

Some problems have to be survived. Nothing more.

Wishing everybody peace today.

Go gently with yourselves.

🌻birdy

[Birdy77]

I go among trees and sit still.

All my stirring becomes quiet

around me like circles on water.

My tasks lie in their places

Where i left them, asleep like cattle ...

...

Then what I am afraid of comes.

I live for a while in its sight.

What i fear in it leaves it,

And the fear of it leaves me.

It sings, and I hear its song.

excerpt from "I go among trees and sit still" from Sabbaths by Wendell Berry

[Birdy77]

For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river ...

Travel far enough into sorrow, tears will turn into sighing;

When after heavy rain, the storm clouds disperse,

Is it not that they've wept themselves clear to the end?

From "Joy is in entering the river" by Ghalib

[Summer Rose]

Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door--Emily Dickinson

[Guest8901]

They are lovely Birdy.

Here are a few more that I like, and hope others do too:

1. "You haven't failed until you quit trying."

2. "Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason."

3. "The pleasure of success feels best after experiencing the pain of failure."

Amanda

[Birdy77]

What a lovely feeling of hope and anticipation of brighter beginnings in those words of Emily Dickinson's. Thank you Summer Rose 🌹

[demonblaster]

Hi Birdy and everyone

Great thread hun ☺

This was on a calendar yrs ago I put it in memory so will leave out some of it

"The clock of life is wound but once

No man has the power to know when the hands will stop

Da de da de da da

Place no faith in tomorrow

For then the hands may be still"

Tablet misbehaving can't do new sentences.

[Birdy77]

Thanks Amanda for your very encouraging offerings.

Your first one reminds me of "I haven't failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" (Thomas Edison).

Your second one reminds me of a quote from the buddha: " when you realise how perfect everything is, you will throw back your head and laugh at the sky". Hmmm. That will be a good day when that happens don't you think 🤔?

Thanks Amanda 🌻birdy

[Birdy77]

Hey Deebs,

Thanks for your quote, da de da's and all!

It's a "timely" reminder (😉) to seize the day and to live it your way.

Thanks Deebs.

Your sentences came out perfectly. I messed up my last two poetry offerings (from Wendell Berry and Ghalib), they each were excerpts from poems, not one liners, i had them formatted nicely as poems but when i pressed post it went to pot.

🌻birdy

[PamelaR]

Such a beautiful thread Birdy. So thankful that you started it. It has brought a warmness to my heart and my soul.

My offering -

The path to your door

Is the path within:

Is made of animals,

Is lined by flowers,

Is lined by thorns,

Is stained with wine,

Is lit by the lamp of sorrowful dreams

Is washed with joy

Is swept by grief

Is blessed by the lonely traffic of art:

Is known by heart

Is known by prayer

Is lost and found

Is always strange

The path to your door.

Michael Leunig's A Common Prayer, 1990