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Acceptance doesn't mean that life gets better; it just means that my way of living life on life's terms improves. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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With each challenging situation, each nightmare - each new piece of grit embraced and transformed - I came through with a more loving family, deeper friendships, and an even more profound relationship with God. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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The routine helped the healing process. It gave me structure. It eliminated any sense of surprise, which at that point, I really didn't want anymore surprises in my life. Routine gave me the foundation for creat- ing a healthier life. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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Extreme emotional pain has a profound effect on the body. I witnessed my already frail body become even more toxic and plundered. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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When we have loved, that loving part is the best part of any and every day. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I can't cure anyone. I can't guarantee they will heal. I can only tell them my story, remind them that they are not alone in their journey and offer a glimmer of hope for healing. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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Most teenage suicide attempts are cries for help; the teens survive, succeeding in bringing them the wanted attention. Mine was not a cry for help. I wanted to end my life and my misery. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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Most of all, I remember her laughing. It filled my ears. Her smile, her sparkling eyes, and her infectious laughter, along with the vistas, were limitless and unending and powerful. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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As a sufferer of depression for many years, I know the importance of trying to find positive experiences in each day, no matter how small. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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Laughter lightens my heart and therefore heals my soul as well. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I thought that day was the end of my life. It was the end of the world as I knew and understood it. I was taking another step into the unknown, again, onto a path unknown, grappled with fear and anxiety. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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As we each began our journey, we learned the importance of connecting, of laughing with one another (not at one another), of sharing our lives. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I knew if I stayed where I was, nothing would get better; nothing would change. If I wanted to ease the pain, I had to try something different. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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No one gave me the secret decoder ring on how to make friends. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I'm not 'different' from anyone else. Crises and tough emotional periods are the grit around which my inner self has been formed. Some, I have come through with more grace than others. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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The Aramaic word for "forgive" means literally to "untie." Hatred and anger had bound me to my pain. The fastest way to free the self from an enemy and all associated negativity is to forgive. Untie those bindings; free yourself from that person's ugliness. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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Forgiveness enables me to walk away from that pain, the loneliness and suffering. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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It is important for me to focus on positive actions taken to heal instead of beating myself up over what I did wrong each day. It shifts my perspective, thus making my body and mind more hospitable places for healing and positive energy. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I could accept my circumstances, my life, people, and even events around me, without giving my approval or releasing my control over such. I don't have to like what happened; I just need to accept that it indeed occurred. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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My body craved sunshine; winter felt like an addict's withdrawal. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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When I could find something to laugh about for 30 minutes, my grief lightened just enough to make the day bearable. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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With each opportunity before me, God presented me with a choice. I could accept His offerings, His wisdom, His grace. Or I could choose to hold onto the pain, the anger and the resentment a little longer. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I did the only thing I knew how to do: I built my own walls of silence to disguise my desperation and what later came to be recognized and diagnosed as depression. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I have learned through repeated experiences that in order to heal, I MUST forgive. The forgiveness is not for the transgressor. The forgiveness is for ME. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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Life is messy. Grit and grace come at us fast, side by side. Sometimes the grit becomes overwhelming and diminishes our spirit. What's good seems lost and gone forever. This is a story about the pathway back to what's beautiful, when the way back seems impossible. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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By first grade, my sense of worth was in direct proportion to what I learned and what I contributed back to the class. I had already become a human doing instead of a human being. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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This is where life as I knew it changed. This is where a new feeling slowly, eventually, permeated every cell of my body, changing the way I took in the world. My perceptions, opinions, everything changed the year I moved from Texas to Virginia. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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NO" is a complete sentence. It does not require an explanation to follow. You can truly answer someone's request with a simple No. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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Forgiveness does not mean I approve of or condone what transpired. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I was desperately searching for something to make sense; for the world to connect back with me. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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No more martyring myself. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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We are exquisite souls housed in physical bodies. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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I remember thinking I wanted to die rather than live through another February day of grayness; I didn't tell anyone because I knew it wasn't normal. And normal was all I ever wanted to be. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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Time heals even the deepest wounds. -- Sharon E. Rainey
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We cannot fully heal if we cannot experience gratitude on a daily basis. -- Sharon E. Rainey