Sharon E. Rainey quotes are thought-provoking, memorable and inspiring. From views on society and politics to thoughts on love and life, Sharon E. Rainey has a lot to say. In this list we present the 24 best Sharon E. Rainey quotes, in no particular order. Let yourself get inspired!
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Sharon E. Rainey quotes
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, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
Time heals even the deepest wounds.
— Sharon E. Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
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, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I had to clear up my messy life. By letting go of the debris and filth, I have come to a deeper, more soulful beauty and clarity like an oasis in the desert. From that place of clarity, a vision of what I could have, what I could do, who I could be has emerged if I allow my heart to become a place of compassion, acceptance and forgiveness.
— Sharon E. Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Laughter lightens my heart and therefore heals my soul as well.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
We are exquisite souls housed in physical bodies.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
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, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
In that instant, I realized that if I focused on the pain and misery, it would take me longer to heal. When chronic pain is my most often companion, it can be challenging to keep looking for the good. I needed to figure out a way to focus on the positive moments of each day. I needed to see where I was improving and healing.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
Forgiveness enables me to walk away from that pain, the loneliness and suffering.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
When I left my first marriage, I left the insanity, the indifference, the negativity. In my world, LOVE MUST WIN. It can’t just be the answer. It must conquer all evil, all hatred, all indifference. Yes, Love is the always the answer, no matter the question. But Love always wins. Love always conquers (if we allow it).
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
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, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
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
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, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear.
— Sharon E. Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
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, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
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, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
Forgiveness does not mean I approve of or condone what transpired.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
When I could find something to laugh about for 30 minutes, my grief lightened just enough to make the day bearable.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
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, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
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, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
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, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
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, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
We cannot fully heal if we cannot experience gratitude on a daily basis.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
When we have loved, that loving part is the best part of any and every day.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
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, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
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