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Renewal Quotes


"All the while she wondered if any strange good thing might come of her being in her ancestral land; and some spirit within her rose automatically as the sap in the twigs. It was unexpected youth, surging up anew after its temporary check, and bringing with it hope, and the invincible instinct towards self-delight."


"Harsh winters precede pleasant springs."


"My fear of endings too often blocks my hope of beginnings."


"Sometimes we all get dusty by a few mundane and tiring affairs-and merely need a gentle soul wash to see, and get deeply entangled with, the fervors of life again."


"And the day inevitably comes when the scrapbook of summer, smeared with ice cream slurps and sweat stains, gives way to that new clean white notebook, spine unbroken, begging to be smudged with the enthusiasm of a number two pencil and a mind open to the possibilities."


"There was a charm in being reborn into the world when one was old enough to appreciate it."


"There are an incalculable number of things within me that I frantically wish to be emptied of, and despite my most earnest efforts to remove them, they remain. And it is Easter that reminds me that God empties out tombs."


"With newborns becomes new imagination into new wisdom and knowledge."


"A tree does not despair when a few of its leaves fall off because there is more room for greener ones to take their place."


"What needs to be cleansed and refreshed in your life? What yucky stuff has created a stagnant and negative environment that muddies your waters and depletes your energy? Be willing to stir things up and make it messy for a short while so you may enjoy more clarity ad vibrancy for a long while."


"Do you hold fond memories in your heart which you would like to experience again? Have you made mistakes which you wish you could go back and correct? Has life turned out differently than you ever planned for or expected? The wonderful thing about Second Chances is that you get to take what was once created or has already happened and REDO it to make it better."


"Don't judge yourself by your past, you no longer live there."


"The splendid thingabout falling apartsilently...is thatyou can start overas many timesas you like."


"You have to work on it. You have to meditate on God's Word, which itself will change you and transform you into the image and character of God."


"Loss gives us a chance for an upgrade."


"Easter is the miracle of transformation as seen in the change of seasons, in the maturation of mortal persons, and in the resurrection of souls."


"Spring is proof that there is beauty in new beginnings."


"I'd been rejected, but I was still in love, so I decided to start over."


"It may be difficult, but there will be times we need to pick up our brooms and do some spiritual house cleaning. It is through this process that we find our true relationships, our true heart, our core integrity, and our life's purpose."


"If you fall still stand your ground and strive for that new start."


"None of us can undo what we've done, or relive a life already recorded. But, ... there is no such thing as "too late" in life."


"The worst of me is the raw material from which God molds the best of me."
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