More often than not, the most healing thing we can do with someone who is in pain, rather than trying to get rid of that pain, is to sit there and be willing to share it. –Scott Peck
Has Your Life Gone Up in Smoke?
Has your life gone up in smoke? Let the fire consume the rubble, To reveal your (broken, aching) heart And clear the way for a fresh, new start. ScrapLady Sharon Barnes
A First Step in Our Education
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. – unknown
What Memory, Art and Love are to the Soul
To the soul, memory is more important than planning, art more compelling than reason, and love more fulfilling than understanding. – Thomas Moore
Serious Daring Starts from Within
All serious daring starts from Within – Eudora Welty
Creative Coping, Healing and Transformation
Creative Coping restores balance. Creative Healing heals psychic wounds. Creative Transformation accesses the advantages hidden deep inside adversity. – Scrap Lady Sharon Barnes
Communication Is
Communication is simply mutual understanding. – Stephen Covey
When Manure is Dumped On Your Life
When manure is dumped on your life, compost it. Shovel the compost, turning it over and over; Let it rest awhile to cure. Repeat shoveling and resting . . . Until the stink is gone. THEN it’s ready to fertilize the dream that fulfills your destiny. –Scrap Lady Sharon Barnes
The Soul is Explosive and Powerful
The soul is explosive and powerful. Through its medium of imagination, which is always a prerequisite for action and is the source of meaning, it can accomplish all things. -Thomas Moore
Stopping the Blaming Game is Called Forgiveness
Stopping the Blaming Game is called forgiveness. That is precisely what forgiveness is; the process of stopping, of ending, the Blaming Game. And it is tough. – Scott Peck