Quotes about Renewal

i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that i catch in my hair
like strong fingers like
all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what i said to myself
about myself
when i was sixteen and
twenty-six and thirty-six
even thirty-six but
i am running into a new year
and i beg what i love and
i leave to forgive me

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves

Retreat: a place and time for you to get reacquainted with you; the ebb in ebb and flow; a solitary sanctuary for renewal; a safe haven; a snug den, a refuge.

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better of ourselves.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; re-made all the time, made new.

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism,  a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.   Suffering can be likened to a baptism - the passing over the threshold of pain and grief and anguish to claim a new state of being.