The beauty of being shattered is how the shards become our character and our marks of distinction. This is how we are refined by our pain. When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again. The storm gives us the gift of our defining choices. You will be a different person after the storm, because the storm will heal you from your perfection. People who stay perfect and unblemished never really get to live fully or deeply. You will not be the same after the storms of life; you will be stronger, wiser and more alive than ever before!

~ Bryant Mcgill

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If you can sit with your pain, listen to your pain and respect your pain — in time you will move through your pain.

~ Bryant Mcgill

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Crisis is what suppressed pain looks like, it always comes to the surface. It shakes you into reflection and healing.

~ Bryant Mcgill

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If you avoid your truthful emotions and pain you will implode and contract into a diminished and feeble state.

~ Bryant Mcgill

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I stopped. She was bleeding after all. Perfect lines crossed her wrists, not near any crucial veins, but enough to leave wet red tracks across her skin. She hadn;t hit her veins when she did this; death hadn't been her goal.

~ Richelle Mead

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We all have scars; both inside and out. Use your experience to support those who are going down the same road of destruction you once went down. Know that your past is worth more than the pain you once carried, because it can now be used to comfort and give strength to another soul who is suffering. Cherish your trials and tribulations as gifts; embrace these opportunities to share the grace you have been given.

~ Katie Maslin

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