But the thing about rising is we have to continue upward; the thing about going beyond is we have to keep going. - Cheryl Strayed

By the time I rose and started walking again, I didn’t begrudge my mother a thing. The truth was, in spite of all that, she’d been a spectacular mom. I knew it as I was growing up. I knew it in the days that she was dying. I knew it now. And I knew that was something. That it was a lot. I had plenty of friends who had moms who — no matter how long they lived — would never give them the all-encompassing love that my mother had given me. My mother considered that love her greatest achievement.

Compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all of the love that you’ve got.

Hello, fear. Thank you for being here. You’re my indication that I’m doing what I need to do.