No one can foretell the details in a day, we can only hope.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaYou have the freedom and the ability to decide what to do with your life, and that includes learning how to welcome happiness again. It's a conscious choice we each have to make, to emerge from the embers of profound loss and hopelessness, to become the fire that warms us, lights our path, all of it. We can embody that warmth and light.
— Becca VryYou can survive the storm. Your soul is stronger than the storm.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaTheir locked hands offered a stark reminder of how many scars lingered … shards of war and distressing anguish forever branded them. Yet in this endearing moment of comfort, their adversity became skinspeak between survivors phoenixing from the ashes of their perilous journey—their burning eagerness for survival overcoming the forces that once tried to stifle their light.
— Becca VryMay you find grace to survive life difficulties.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaThat's what makes a tragedy a tragedy. There's no rhyme or reason to it, only heartbreak. The only thing you can do when the ground stops shaking and the waters recede is try to save whoever's left.
— Kimberly BelleA city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces. They tear things down and make new again.
— Rasmenia MassoudIn the darkest time, I have always believed, the light will shine.
— Lailah Gifty Akita