“The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.”
“There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.”
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely. ”
“Growth is the only evidence of life.”
“Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.”
“we are affirming our trust that creation means well within us all, and that whatever painful growth and change may lie ahead, it is leading us to Life, not destruction”