Thoughts:

"There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. There are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. Finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night bringing not messages of hope and fear but messages of how things are."

~Chogyam Trungpa

"That's what families are for. That's why they're invented - so hopeless doesn't get the last word..."

~Hope Floats

"Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will."

~Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) Hope Floats

"We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness."

~David Weatherford