{"quotes":[{"text":"It’s true: A slice of pound cake does wonders to thaw the coldest of days.","author":"Sasha Martin","tags":["cake","food-love","healing-the-past","sadness"],"id":3071,"author_id":"Sasha+Martin"},{"text":"Love, Mercy, and Grace, sisters all, attend your wounds of silence and hope.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["angels","classic-books","famous","famous-from-classic-books","grace","haiku","haikus","healing-the-past","hope","love","mercy","positive-motivation","recovery","sisters","spirituality","strength","survival","world-suicide-prevention-day","woundedness"],"id":5593,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"When I'm triggered, I think, 'This will last forever' or 'What if this lasts forever?' I get thoughts about how I should give up, run away, hide, protect myself. These thoughts, I cannot change. What I can change is how I respond to them. Will I unconditionally believe these ideas, or will I accept them as side effects of the temporary experience of pain? Will I act on each thought that arises in the burning fire, or will I hold myself gently and say, 'It'll be okay. I know it hurts. I love you'? My power lies in these choices.","author":"Vironika Tugaleva","tags":["choice","emotional-healing","emotional-triggers","emotions","healing","healing-the-past","mind","pain","ptsd","self-healing","self-love","self-soothing","suffering","vulnerability"],"id":11872,"author_id":"Vironika+Tugaleva"},{"text":"Healing doesn't just take a little time, it also takes commitment to get started and to complete the process.","author":"Sereda Aleta Dailey","tags":["healing-the-past","healing-trauma","healthy-habits","relax","self-love","tranquility"],"id":15459,"author_id":"Sereda+Aleta+Dailey"},{"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":"We dream of the future, to distract ourselves from the present, in order to forget the past.Heal the past, live in the present and don’t rush to the future. Life is a journey and it will all be over before you know it.","author":"L.J. Vanier","tags":["healing","healing-the-past","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational"],"id":31333,"author_id":"L.J.+Vanier"},{"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":"You'll never cross an emotional bridge, if you keep rushing back to the other side.","author":"T.F. Hodge","tags":["acceptance-of-oneself-and-others","awareness","controlling-your-emotions","emotional-pain","emotions","growth","growth","healing-the-past","move-on","moving-forward","past-and-future","to-live-by","self-help","self-improvement","strength-and-courage","strength-through-adversity","wisdom"],"id":35003,"author_id":"T.F.+Hodge"},{"text":"She’d lost so much in the process of becoming Zyne, but somewhere in the middle of it all, she’d found herself. Her heritage had shattered her illusions of a tranquil life. Destiny swept behind in a blaze, decimating everything she tried to hold on to. She was left alone, like the solitary tree standing after a forest fire. She’d thought she would crumble to ash, just another memory on the wind. But as blackened pieces of her cracked and fell away, she saw the truth. Under all that charred wreckage was the heartwood. Bruised. Scarred. But still good. Still capable of growth. When she looked in the mirror, she no longer saw a victim, but a survivor.","author":"Gwen Mitchell","tags":["grief-and-loss","growth","healing-the-past","love","strength","survivor","transformation"],"id":39576,"author_id":"Gwen+Mitchell"},{"text":"Gracious words refresh, restore and revive the soul.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["believe-and-achieve","bygones","christian-living","christian","compassion","compassion-wisdom","courage","despair","despair-hope","educational-philosophy","educational","encouragement","faith","forgiveness","gracious","healing-the-past","healthy-living","hopeful-and-encouraging","inspirational","inspiring-thoughts","let-go","lovers","lovers-sadness","marriage-advice","marriage-life","motivational","positive-thought","refresh","relationship","restore","revise","self-confidence","self-determination","self-help","self-love","self-realization","soul","spiritual-life","spiritual-wisdom","thankful","thanksgiving","uplifting","wisdom","wise-words"],"id":43105,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":126,"pages":13,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}