Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope...
We are also fortunate in being in quite a sheltered environment, in terms of people moving on to do other things, because there are relatively few companies in Scotland that are looking for the skill...
In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.
There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.
By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
We all have scars & deep pain. It'swhat makes us human & vulnerable.
Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it's something that it doesn't get a day off.
The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.
I don't live in the past at all I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.
I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.
I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.
I think it's important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why...
The world is a crazy, beautiful, ugly complicated place, and it keeps moving on from crisis to strangeness to beauty to weirdness to tragedy. The caravan keeps moving on, and the job of the longform w...
I kind of came to the conclusion after I did finally get married that love and relationships are just a series of horrific losses with hopefully one win.
Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight, out of mind.' But when you walk outside and see them on a billboard or o...
What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom...
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.