Saturday's Sayings
Companionship in Grief
What I Have Learned
I`ve learned that you can keep going long after you think you can't.
I`ve learned that learning to forgive takes a lot of practice.
I`ve learned that friends may become strangers, and strangers become friends.
I`ve learned that ignorance isn't an excuse for lack of compassion.
I`ve learned that some people will never, ever, "get it".
I`ve learned that the community of sorrow is the strongest of all.
I`ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I`ve learned that your life can be changed in a matter of minutes.
I`ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you ever see them.
I`ve learned that love isn't measured by the amount of time you have with someone.
~by Paul Bell
~Thank you, Pearl, for sharing this!
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Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.
~Charles Dickens Great Expectations
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God is closest to those with broken hearts.
~Jewish Saying
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Walk With Me
Walk with me…
Walk in my shoes
for one single day.
Then you’ll see why
I need to pray.
Come live in my home
for a week or two
and then remember
I am just like you.
I didn’t ask for the things I was given
I didn’t choose this road I have taken
Walk a mile with me hand in hand
Then perhaps you will understand.
I’m not really complaining
about the stress in my life,
I know that we all have
some toil and some strife.
But walk with me, when you think
I am wrong, walk with me
and you’ll start to belong.
Embrace my sorrows,
like they are your own,
And then you will know me
And see I have grown.
The journey I take
is different from yours
My life took one of those
unexpected detours,
But this road that I travel
is not really so long,
If the people who watch me
will join in my song.
Listen to my footsteps
and watch how I dance
And then you will know me
and give me a chance.
Take heart and remember
It can happen to you,
who knows where my pathway
will cross over to you?
So speak to me softly
if you can’t understand
Remember I once stood
right there where you stand.
And walk with me gently
when the day is at end.
And then I will know
I can call you my friend.
~Author Unknown
Thank you, Grieving Mothers!
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