Every high is always followed with a low and there is hardly anything we can do about it except to wade through it, hoping and praying for brighter times to set in. But like grief follows joy, the circle of life ensures that joy comes back to where grief has been. It is inevitable,Good times will come back again. Even though the knowledge that tomorrow will be better and time will heal all does not lessen today's pain, one has to keep fighting to keep the dense darkness from erasing hope from the horizon completely. know that you are not alone, that life sprinkles everybody's existence with difficult times.Here are some thoughts to ponder on that will give you peace. There is always light out there somewhere, all you need to do is enable it to find and engulf you.
A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go. - Author Unknown
For though I know he loves me,
Tonight my heart is sad;
His kiss was not so wonderful
As all the dreams I had. - Sara Teasdale in "The Kiss"
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.' - John Greenleaf Whittier
Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable. - Frank Morgan as the "Wizard of Oz"
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. - W. M. Lewis
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. - E. H. Chapin
It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death. - Mark Twain
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. - Helen Keller
Clowns wear a face that's painted intentionally on them so they appear to be happy or sad. What kind of mask are you wearing today? - Author Unknown
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. - Psalm 126:5, King James Version of the Bible
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. - Winston Churchill
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. - Marcus Aurelius
Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours. - William Osler
My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad. - Olive Schreiner
The essential sadness is to go through life without loving. But it would be almost equally sad to leave this world without ever telling those you loved that you love them. - Author Unknown
You can choose to be happy or sad and whichever you choose that is what you get. No one is really responsible to make someone else happy, no matter what most people have been taught and accept as true.
[Sidney Madwed]
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.Letting grief fester is the way of the coward who seeks nothing but convenience. Hold on and hope - things will heal
[unknown]
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall.
[Mahatma Gandhi]
These words are attempts to show a grieving soul that bad times carry with them lessons that we should and must learn. They test your mettle and enhance your resilience. To learn and move on is something only the brave can do. To see the positive in every negative thrown across your path is the basic purpose of human existence.
[ Clive Barker]
Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.
If grief did not exist, the sweetness of joy would have remained elusive to us. [Jonathan Safran]
