Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.

Kamand Kojouri

Tags: act, asks, begin again, begin anew, betray, betrayal, better, betterment, calm, cheat

Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.

Shannon L. Alder

Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.

Shannon L. Alder

Tags: activism, activist, administering, animal rights, blessed, brand, bright light, chasity, choices, christian missions

Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.

Shannon L. Alder

Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.

Shannon L. Alder

Tags: acceptance, beginnings, boundaries, break ups, breaking up, challenges, change, confidence, dignity, divorce

There is beauty all around us, and the light finds us when we realize, we are all part of that beauty and worth the cherishing. If we despise any, we journey to despise ourselves. See all as beautiful...

Tom Althouse

There is beauty all around us, and the light finds us when we realize, we are all part of that beauty and worth the cherishing. If we despise any, we journey to despise ourselves. See all as beautiful...

Tom Althouse

Tags: alchemy, awakening, awareness, blessing, buddhism, change, consciousness, courage, create your life, create your reality

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

Shannon L. Alder

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

Shannon L. Alder

Tags: beginnings, choices, doors, endings, faith, future, giving up, goals, god s plan, goodbyes

The more you talk about it, rehash it, rethink it, cross analyze it, debate it, respond to it, get paranoid about it, compete with it, complain about it, immortalize it, cry over it, kick it, defame i...

Shannon L. Alder

The more you talk about it, rehash it, rethink it, cross analyze it, debate it, respond to it, get paranoid about it, compete with it, complain about it, immortalize it, cry over it, kick it, defame i...

Shannon L. Alder

Tags: alienating, bad memories, blaming others, broken records, brutal truth, bury, burying, dating, degrading yourself, distancing

She sat there reading; cool, calm and collected. "You could ruin his life with that information," her friend reported triumphantly. The woman sighed, clearly annoyed at being interrupted. "If I did he...

Donna Lynn Hope

She sat there reading; cool, calm and collected. "You could ruin his life with that information," her friend reported triumphantly. The woman sighed, clearly annoyed at being interrupted. "If I did he...

Donna Lynn Hope

Tags: battle of the sexes, forgetting, letting go, moving on

About Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) is an American writer. She has written on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art.