Quotes
Words that heal, inspire, and speak to the soul.
This category features powerful quotes on faith, mental health, adoption, resilience, love, and life’s hard places. Whether you’re looking for encouragement, a reminder of truth, or something to share with others, these words are curated to bring hope and strength right when you need them most.
A note from Brandi:This reflection is shared for encouragement, education, and personal reflection. Any quoted words belong to their original author and are included with credit for reflection purposes. This post is not therapy, clinical advice, crisis care, spiritual direction, or a substitute for professional support. But Still, Like Air, I’ll Rise Words can wound.Looks…
A note from Brandi:This reflection is shared for encouragement, education, and personal reflection. Any quoted words or references belong to their original author and are included with credit for reflection purposes. This post is not therapy, clinical advice, crisis care, spiritual direction, or a substitute for professional support. A Life Marked by Courage Corrie Ten…
A note from Brandi:This reflection is shared for encouragement, education, and personal reflection. Any quoted words belong to their original author and are included with credit for reflection purposes. This post is not therapy, clinical advice, crisis care, spiritual direction, or a substitute for professional support. When Impossible Feels Final I stumbled on this quote…
Let’s just leave this right here. Joy in the morning. I highly encourage you to go to YouTube and listen to the song. It is worth it, and I listen to it almost daily. There is a reason and a season for everything under heaven. If we could all just grasp that knowledge, we could…
Content Note: This post discusses suicide, suicide loss, suicidal thoughts, grief, mental health, emotional pain, or crisis support. Please read with care. If this topic feels activating, it is okay to pause, step away, or reach out for support. If you are in crisis, thinking about suicide, at risk of hurting yourself, or in immediate…
Let Them by Cassie Phillips A note from Brandi:This reflection is shared for encouragement, education, and personal reflection. Any quoted words belong to their original author and are included with credit for reflection purposes. This post is not therapy, clinical advice, crisis care, spiritual direction, or a substitute for professional support. Let Them by Cassie…
A note from Brandi:This reflection is shared for encouragement, education, and personal reflection. Any quoted words belong to their original author and are included with credit for reflection purposes. This post is not therapy, clinical advice, crisis care, spiritual direction, or a substitute for professional support. Quote by Mary Katherine Backstrom “I love when somebody…
A note from Brandi:This reflection is shared for encouragement, education, and personal reflection. Any quoted words belong to their original author and are included with credit for reflection purposes. This post is not therapy, clinical advice, crisis care, spiritual direction, or a substitute for professional support. Here is some Perspective from Mr. Rogers from…
A note from Brandi:This reflection is shared for encouragement, education, and personal reflection. Any quoted words belong to their original author and are included with credit for reflection purposes. This post is not therapy, clinical advice, crisis care, spiritual direction, or a substitute for professional support. “Get Your Fight Back” by Sarah Jakes Robert It…
A note from Brandi:This reflection is shared for encouragement, education, and personal reflection. Any quoted song lyrics or written words belong to their original author and are included with credit for reflection purposes. This post is not therapy, clinical advice, crisis care, spiritual direction, or a substitute for professional support. “True Beauty” Do You…
Content Note: This post discusses suicide, suicide loss, suicidal thoughts, grief, mental health, emotional pain, or crisis support. Please read with care. If this topic feels activating, it is okay to pause, step away, or reach out for support. If you are in crisis, thinking about suicide, at risk of hurting yourself, or in immediate…
This poem stopped me. As a mom, and especially as a mom raising a Black son, these words hit a place in me that is hard to explain. We have had conversations in our home that I wish we did not have to have. Conversations about hoodies, safety, skin color, assumptions, and how the world…
The Power of Intentional Forgiveness is something that is not lost on me. Forgive is a verb or an action. You are actively doing something. It means to grant a pardon for or absolve something; to cease to feel resentment against (as in an enemy). I love the beauty of forgiveness. Forgiveness DOES NOT mean that we…