Loss Grief

Losing things doesn't just mean losing. A lot of the time, when we lose things, we gain things too.

Your mentors may leave you prepared, but they can't leave you ready.

You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive.

Option A is not available. So let's just kick the shit out of option B.

Adversity is a necessary and important part of life. Adversity strengthens each of us in ways that success cannot.

Love is today mingled with grief. And yet love grows greater. Create in and through that love. Calm the seas of your anxiety and infuse new life deep into the poisoned wells of culture.

If we stop remembering, we stop being.

When someone close to you dies, it is not the big moments you remember, but small moments — the seemingly insignificant way Dave wheezed slightly when he laughed hard, or how he loved the way the earth smelled in the fall. If you can notice these moments, breathe them in, even for a second, then you have achieved success.

Our wounds are our best lessons, our life's biggest teachers. I have seen powerful love that has changed me forever. It has made me try to walk in other shoes, show more compassion and humility.

I just wanted him to keep staring at the bird, because we both know that it could fly away at any moment.

When someone close to you dies, it is not the big moments you remember, but small moments. If you can notice these moments, breathe them in, even for a second, on your way to the courtroom, or the office, then you have achieved success.

Our wounds are our best lessons, our life's biggest teachers.