Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Life is a test. It was designed to be so. It is where we taste the bitter and the sweet; where we feel pain and pleasure; where we learn right from wrong; where we pass through both darkness and light. It is a time to make choices. And through this process we form our characters—some grand and glorious, some barely decent, and others just plain monstrous. "

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"Life is a test. It was designed to be so. It is where we taste the bitter and the sweet; where we feel pain and pleasure; where we learn right from wrong; where we pass through both darkness and light. It is a time to make choices. And through this process we form our characters—some grand and glorious, some barely decent, and others just plain monstrous. "

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"I believe the main purpose of life is to accept with gratitude what you've been blessed with so that you may use those gifts to mold yourself into the best person you can possibly be. Learning to discern things of true value from those of little or no worth is part of the process."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"The moment a person feels he has nothing left to learn is the moment life prepares to hit him hard enough to correct such ignorance."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"I am, for the most part, who I am because my good mother was who she was."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did—a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Life isn't a lazy cruise on some endless, calm, and temperate sea. Life is a raging ocean with swells and tidal waves that wreck and sink your boat. Life is a series of storms―overcast skies, fierce winds, and pelting rain. You were meant to be immersed in it all―first to float, then swim, and eventually to walk on water."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"What I learn today I shall know forever. Whether or not I remember that I know it is a different story."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Life is learning to take God's hand...and hold on."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we want to admit."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Prayer, faith, and vision, plus real effort too. Blend them together for one potent brew. The magical spell to your dreams coming true."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Is anything truly impossible? Or is it that the path to our goals appears too unclear to follow? It seems to me that if you seek hard enough, pray hard enough, you usually stumble across a scattering of breadcrumbs that marks the trail leading to the goal you once considered beyond your reach."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Dear God,I hurt. Please hold me. Amen"

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Prayer: The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have failed you previously."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"It's a sweet thing to sit quietly in the early-morning darkness and talk to God for a while. It's amazing what you gain from the conversation."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Rain is a lullaby heard through a thick, isolating blanket of clouds. It is the tinkling harp of water droplets; a moist breath whistling through willow reeds; a pattering beat background to the mourner's melody. Rain is a soft song of compassion for the brokenhearted."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Moisture falls from the sky, cleansing the world and sustaining precious life. But it's the gloom—the cold, dark air—that receives notice. We fail to see the miracle of raindrops through our own tears."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Chameleonesque, hobbitish, unicorned, stompled, selfishism, and unwakeable may not be real words, but you do know what they mean."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Hope is a fire more ravenous than the flames of temptation. For if only a portion of it poisons your veins, it is enough to make you stand against ridiculous odds again and again and again."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

"Some build their castles 'mid thunderbolts and fireworks. My worlds take shape in silence."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

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