Recovery is possible, and it doesn’t depend on your spouse.

“Even if you choose not to continue your marriage, you still have to recover from the trauma you’ve been through.  The road to recovery can be a stimulus for growth whether you travel it with your partner or you make your way alone.  It’s a difficult road, but it is passable and well traveled for all its difficulties, and it’s important to know that it is there for you and anyone who wants to follow it.”

— Shirley P. Glass, NOT “Just Friends,” p. 12

Humor and Gratitude

“If we turn a bitter face to the world, for whatever reason, we can expect little else in return.  If, however, we face adversity with a sense of humor and hold to a base of gratitude for what we have, we’re likely to find people responding to us in kind.”

— Leo Buscaglia, Born for Love, p. 50

Pearls Before Swine

“When he told us not to cast our pearls before swine, for example, it was not to be mean but because he knew that swine cannot digest pearls; they do them no good (Matt. 7:6).  We, too, should have the good sense to refrain from giving people truth that they are not ready to receive, for it will do them no good.”

— Richard J. Foster, Prayer, p. 232

The Flip Side of Forgiveness

“The road to psychological ruin begins with blame.

“The road to psychological power begins with responsibility.

“You cannot blame and find good solutions at the same time….

“Blame is always about the past.  Solutions must occur in the present and future.

“Blame obscures solutions by locking you into the problem and by focusing attention on damage, injury, defects, and weakness, on what is wrong.  Blame makes you feel like a powerless victim.”

– Steven Stosny, The Powerful Self, p. 112

Seeing Clearly

“Often the only way to look clearly at this extraordinary universe is through fantasy, fairy tale, myth.”

–Madeleine L’Engle, Margaret A. Edwards Award Acceptance Speech, June 27, 1998.

Quoted in Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Volume 12, no. 1, Fall 1998.