{"quotes":[{"text":"The word 'survivor' carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women. It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be 'at risk' of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["at risk people","at risk youth","brokenness","compassion","counseling","empowerment-and-attitude","healing","healing-the-emotional-self","healing-the-past","helping-others","human-rights-day","humility","intervention","recovery","remembrances","suicidal","suicide","survival","survivor","survivors","survivors-of-war","survivorship","war-veterans","word-definitions"],"id":16733,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people--the one people want you to be and the one you want to be.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["becoming better","bravery","confidence","finding joy","guilt trips","healing","healing-the-emotional-self","joy","living-life-for-you","peer-pressure","unhappiness","unhappy","unity","your-life"],"id":21277,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"You had to break, to be unbroken. In the brokenness, I had found, that which was unbroken. That which was perfect, and beautiful, and complete.","author":"T. Scott McLeod","tags":["healing","healing-in-the-hurting-places","healing-the-emotional-self","imperfections","perfection"],"id":30843,"author_id":"T.+Scott+McLeod"},{"text":"You are strong enough to overcome the situation!","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["challenges","christian","determination","determined-spirit","faith","fearless","fighting-spirit","hard-times","healing-the-emotional-self","healing-the-past","hope-and-despair","hope","inner-strength","inspirational","obstacles","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","religious-faith","self-determination","self-motivation","situational","strength-and-courage","strong-female-characters","strong-willed","struggles","survival-instinct","warrior","willpower","wise-sayings","you"],"id":33110,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Healing is not always about completely healing but sometimes just lessening of the pain.","author":"Matthew Donnelly","tags":["healing","healing insights","healing the emotional self"],"id":56817,"author_id":"Matthew+Donnelly"},{"text":"A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["forgive","forgiveness","forgiveness-chance-love-equality","forgiving","forgiving-others","forgiving-yourself","healing-the-emotional-self","moving-on","self-help","stephen-richards","stephen-richards-self-help"],"id":65772,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"Harboring anger, hatred and resentment within you, is containing the venom within you. You are the only one affected...","author":"Jacqueline Ripstein","tags":["anger","hatred","healing","healing the emotional self","healing the past","pain","peace","resentment","war"],"id":71954,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Ripstein"},{"text":"Tolerance was like one of those soothing creams—it drew out inflammation, it did away with the pain.","author":"Alexander McCall Smith","tags":["alexander mccall smith","healing the emotional self","tolerance"],"id":74249,"author_id":"Alexander+McCall+Smith"},{"text":"Dissociation can enable us to withstand pain and loss under which we would otherwise break. It enables us to survive and pull through. But, a habit of continual dissociation – especially after the trauma has passed – leads to the shut-in feeling I was experiencing. While I imagined I was being strong in the face of pain, in reality, I was merely hiding.","author":"Sarah Hackley","tags":["dissociation","healing the emotional self","post traumatic stress disorder","ptsd","survival","trauma"],"id":89818,"author_id":"Sarah+Hackley"},{"text":"Love mercy, love kindness.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["chrisitanity","faith","forgiveness","goodness","healing the emotional self","healing-the-past","love","merciful","spiritual","spiritual"],"id":105573,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":44,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}