"When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly."
-Edward Teller

~

That is so beautiful. I have been meaning to post it.
last night I had a good lime with some old friends and I was able to talk about the latest news about me. When I visit this particular friend, I realise just how far I have come in such a short space of time. Particularly when she asks me certain things that I recall as vexing, but can discuss with aplomb.
Not that the composure is one of steely superiority.
On the contrary, it is something better. What I see is the progression and even more, the trajectory forward for myself.

~

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
~

My friend had another friend, someone I do not know, visit her. This person had gone through a divorce when her girls were seven and three. She had alot to tell me. What was very good was that she was not speaking from a place of victimhood. She has been able to be financially independent of her ex ever since they divorced.
It was good talking with her, and we all plan to meet before the end of the year for another get together.

~

"Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.” Thich Nhat Hahn.

~