Quotes about Recovery

Nevertheless, if someone has an empty brain—and because of this is vexed by insanity, and is delirious—take the whole grains of wheat and cook them in water. Remove these cooked grains from the water, and place them around his whole head, tying a cloth over them. His brain will be reinvigorated by their vital fluid, and he may recover his health and strength. Do this until he returns to his right mind.

The natural healing force within each of us is the greatest force in getting well.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a mater of opportunity.

In acute diseases it is not quite safe to prognosticate either death or recovery.

A person who hasn't grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.

If you are still breathing, you have a second chance.

it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.

A bad past is like gristle. You can chew on it forever and starve yourself to death, or you can spit it out and see what else is on the table.

I want a pain that has a beginning and an end, not one that goes on forever and cuts all the way to the bone.

You know how it is. The storms come and it's water and wind as far as the eye can see for a bit. But winds calm and the waters drain. We find our feet again, and the ground under us sprouts a new crop of seed. That is always the way of it. I don't suppose this storm will be any different.

That's the only thing you can do with a mess. Start cleaning it up, a little at a time.

The rainbows of life come after the storms.