“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” ~ Neale Donald Walsch It’s scary doing things outside of your comfort zone, but once you gather enough courage, you will achieve great things because you are no longer limited by your… Read More »Quote: Life begins
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” ~ Anna Quindlen Books are the one of the few things that can take you on an adventure without ever… Read More »Quote: books are home
“Hope is the ocean for the river, the sun for trees, and the sky for us.” ~ Maxime Legacé We need hope. It is what keeps us going. What I like about this quote is that it also implies that… Read More »Quote: hope is the sky
“Music, at its essence, was what gave me strength and possibly what cured my loneliness. It was a collective emotional experience shared between the singer and their audience simultaneously. And that commonality was a very powerful thing. To know that… Read More »Book Quote: Ch 1 on music
“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” ~ Richard M. Devos It’s amazing how a smile can go… Read More »Quote: powerful things
“Hope is like a road in the country there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” ~ Lin Yutang I’m sure you’ve noticed that whenever I promote the Brain Tumour Walk,… Read More »Quote: hope appears
“We are the promises that we keep.” ~ Ch. 1 of ‘Hold on please, Emily’ Promises can easily be broken, but we should do our best to keep every one of them, especially the promises we make to ourselves. There… Read More »Book Quote: Ch 1 on promises
“Coffee. My sweetest companion. As long as coffee was within my reach, how bad can life be?” ~ Ch. 1 of ‘Hold on please, Emily’ Coffee is like an escape. We drink coffee when we’re on break or to help… Read More »Book Quote: Ch 1 on coffee
“Never tell me the odds” ~ Han Solo When Emily was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour, there were moments when she felt lost within the numbers. But, hope was what guided her to fight and become determined to be… Read More »Quote: hope in Star Wars
“Hope is a renewable option: if you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver As long as you believe in hope, you’ll never run out. Wake… Read More »Quote: hope is renewable