“Going through things you never thought you’d go through will only take you places you never thought you’d get to.”
"Hey. I don’t know what kind of day you’ve had so far, but I do know this is true you made it here, through the wild of June, and I hope July holds something beautiful for you. And if ‘something beautiful’ is small, and it does not seem like much, I do hope it’s just enough to remind you that even here, there is room for love. And while love might show up in subtle and seemingly fleeting ways, and you might find yourself with big questions lingering at the edges of seemingly ordinary days, I hope this July has one of those moments where your playlist shuffles in just the right way, to that one song that makes you feel like you’re going to be okay, and you are free to be just here, in July’s unknowns, breathing deep, anyway."
- Morgan Harper Nichols
Hope
"It is taking everything within me to keep waiting, but this is the miracle that I am coming to know; this desert journey has made me weary but my heart is still slouched toward hope. And I will believe I can know peace without knowing what comes next. I will trust in the waiting everything connects. Today is not in vain. And I will grow and I will change in beautiful, meaningful ways."
- Morgan Harper Nichols
Hope
"The same light you see in others is shining within you, too."
- Morgan Harper Nichols
Self-awareness
"Words to repeat to yourself at the end of July: I am proud of the ways I am learning to let go. I am free to feel what I need to feel for everything that happened this month. I am free to be gentle with myself as I work through those feelings. The small amounts of progress I've made this July are integral parts of my growth. I am grateful for the progress I’ve made in learning when to say ‘no’ and when to say ‘yes.’ I am grateful for every opportunity I’ve had to grow in empathy and compassion. I am grateful for the good music that found me this month. I do not know all of what the future holds, but I will be grateful for slow and steady growth. No matter what awaits me in August, I will continue to breathe deep. I will travel through each day seeking big and small ways to practice peace. Somehow, after everything, I am learning to fall in love with the journey."
- Morgan Harper Nichols
Personal Growth
"One day you will look back and realize that all along you were blooming."
- Morgan Harper Nichols
Personal Growth
"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."
- Max DePree
Growth
"How marvelous is the generation with which you deal. We have never had a generation its equal in all of the history of the Church. They are better educated. They are more familiar with the scriptures. I believe they pray with a greater measure of faith, have a greater desire to do the will of the Lord, are more active in the Church, go into the world as better prepared missionaries, and live to become better parents."
- President Gordon B. Hinckley
Growth
"Allow yourself the opportunity to get uncomfortable."
- Alex Toussaint
Growth
"All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone."
- Tony Robbins
Growth
"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."
- Mary Tyler Moore
Growth