“ Sometimes all you can do is hug a friend tightly and wish that their pain could be transferred by touch to your own emotional hard drive. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Raindrops fall from clouds of gray.The fragile flowers grow.Teardrops seem all I can say.They speak of endless woe.Your fingers wipe my grief away.A seed of love you sow.A hardened heart reverts to cl… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ A word of consolation may sweetly touch the ear.Now and then a quiet songwill clear the mind of fear.A simple act of kindnesscan ease a load of care.Stories told in memorydiminish all despair.A whispe… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Sunlight’s warmth on my face awoke me in the morning. I didn’t remember falling asleep or how I came to be in my own bed. But I did recall nightmares. Awful nightmares featuring Gwen.I turned my head… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Forgive and forget is the divine ideal. Grappling with the hurt while biting your tongue and struggling to refuse justifiable vengeance―that's closer to human reality. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ It is a difficult thing―if not impossible―to forgive oneself for foolish errors, not for trampling a life or goring another with sharp horns, but for being the fool who opened the gate and let the bul… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Forgiveness is a revolving door positioned in your path. You must step through it to move on, but it takes both timing and choice to escape walking circles inside. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ We all suffer ills at the hands of others; however, reactions to these injustices differ like night and day. Many seek to punish the world for their suffering, while some work hard to save the world f… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ I felt ashamed for having judged him so harshly without knowing the real boy. His one offense against me―goaded by Charlie’s bullying character―was easy to forgive. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ You and I were never meant to be together, but we are. Our pairing is not unlike two electrons ignoring natural laws in order to orbit one another. Life now defies reason—quirky but beautiful. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ If I expect nothing of you, it will be far easier to forgive your offenses than if I place my whole world in your hands. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine. A hundred such thoughts paint a sunrise. A thousand will rival the glaring sky at noonday - for gratitude is light against the darkness. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Life is a test. It was designed to be so. It is where we taste the bitter and the sweet; where we feel pain and pleasure; where we learn right from wrong; where we pass through both darkness and light… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Have you noticed how children never bypass a puddle of water, but jump, splash, and slosh right through it? That's because they know an important truth: Life was meant to be lived; puddles were meant… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ What I learn today I shall know forever. Whether or not I remember that I know it is a different story. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Life isn't a lazy cruise on some endless, calm, and temperate sea. Life is a raging ocean with swells and tidal waves that wreck and sink your boat. Life is a series of storms―overcast skies, fierce w… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did—a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you th… Richelle E. Goodrich
