{"author":"Sharon E. Rainey","author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey","total_quotes":25,"quotes":[{"text":"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.","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["forgiveness","heal","healing","healing-insights","transgressor"],"id":2227,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"},{"text":"Laughter lightens my heart and therefore heals my soul as well.","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["healing","heart","laughter","lighten","soul"],"id":22195,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"},{"text":"Extreme emotional pain has a profound effect on the body. I witnessed my already frail body become even more toxic and plundered.","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["body","emotional-pain","frail","healing","healing-insights","healing-the-past","pain","plunder","toxic"],"id":44708,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"},{"text":"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).","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["answer","conquer","insanity","love","marriage","negativity","question"],"id":57976,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"},{"text":"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.","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["being","doing","human"],"id":64538,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"},{"text":"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.","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["depression","positive-attitude"],"id":83284,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"},{"text":"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.","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["change","life","perception"],"id":92037,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"},{"text":"Forgiveness does not mean I approve of or condone what transpired.","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["approve","condone","event","forgiveness","healing-insights","transpire"],"id":96028,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"},{"text":"Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently.","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["acceptance","courage","crisis","moment"],"id":105361,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"},{"text":"When we have loved, that loving part is the best part of any and every day.","author":"Sharon E. Rainey","tags":["best-part","best-part-insights","daily-life","day","gratitude","love"],"id":130462,"author_id":"Sharon+E.+Rainey"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}