Quotes About Healing

In most cases we have to forget a little bit before we can forgive; when we no longer experience the pain as fresh, the insult is easier to forgive, which in turn makes it less memorable, and so on. It's this psychological feedback loop that makes initially infuriating offenses seem pardonable in the mirror of hindsight.

like infernal fire, grief burns but does not consume; instead, it makes the heart vulnerable to further suffering.

The pain was so deep and so raw. There were days I would have died just to forget. The problem was, I couldn't figure out how to get her out of my mind. How do you kill that kind of pain?

It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be found.

Illness contains the seed of health.

I have adopted the perspective that healing must embody an art with a compelling and even poetic message.

Then, having had a good cry about my being gone, he'd collect himself and get on with his life, proceeding south into the village, with head and tail erect.

at scars that never felt a wound.

We can be trapped by our past and be unable to see what God has ahead for us when we don't understand how to deal with trauma. We need to understand very clearly that God's purposes for us are always greater than our problems. If we let Him, the Holy Spirit will come alongside and carry the problems that would bury us. But it all takes place through the bitter waters of healing.

estamos tan enfermos como los secretos que guardamos.

When, because of the parasites of trauma, we refuse to deal with the trauma, we're stuck with horrific emotional pain. That's when we can do things we don't understand, because the trauma discs have kicked in. Some folks have an entire library of them. As a result, we can end up acting "crazy.

I tore both of my ACLs. I broke my right patella. I tore my left pec, all within about a 2 1/2-year span.

Psychoanalysis wants to heal with words and speaking, but sometimes with speaking, you realize nothing.

I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary.' And I didn't know that everyone was hurting like I was hurting. I had no idea.

When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of reconciliation - even I don't use that word - I use another word in Spanish, that's called 'reencuentro' - it's not reconciliation.

My heart seems to heal, so that speaks well for my future.

If you're going through a difficult time, and there's a piece of music that speaks to you - be it musically or lyrically or both - you are almost always able to access that music. You're always able to sit down with it.

Music has always been a part of my life, and it helps me a lot because it speaks for me when I can't speak for myself.

Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.

I've been working with a holistic specialist, trying to bring my body into balance, and part of making that happen is putting my mom's death into a healthier perspective. I really need to let her go, let her go into the infinite. I can't keep hanging onto this rope that connects us.

We sometimes think that the best doctors are the ones who have the most specialized knowledge or the fanciest degrees, but in fact, study upon study, including one published in the 'New England Journal of Medicine,' show that the best doctors are the ones who also know how to connect with their patients.

While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.

We only learn at the speed of pain, and we don't have others in our lives without forgiveness.

Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.