Hope After Loss

“It's okay to not be okay. It's okay to ask for help. You don't have to fight this battle alone.”

“Never give up on someone with a mental illness. When 'I' is replaced by 'we', illness becomes wellness.”

“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.”

“Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn't mean you can, should, or need to do it alone.”

“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.”

“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.”

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“You don't have to be positive all the time. It's perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared, or anxious. Having feelings doesn't make you a negative person. It makes you human.”

“You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are.”

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.”