But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.
A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.
Everybody has their burdens, their grief that they carry with them.
It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.
You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.
The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.
Part of resilience is deciding to make yourself miserable over something that matters, or deciding to make yourself miserable over something that doesn't matter.
Life is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do.
I'm a puzzle doer.
You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.
I'm not just a cuckolded wife.
A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.
You wouldn't know I was sick unless you knew I was sick.
I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.
We're all going to die.
Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.
A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.
I grew up in a Navy family.
I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.
