“You can only go halfway into the darkest forest; then you’re coming out the other side.” - Chinese Proverb

A friend reminded me of this years ago during the funeral for a close relative we had lost. It reminded me that our personal sadness is not forever … it may never leave us but at least it can diminish with time.

Another saying that I often try to remember is …

“What is born each night and dies each dawn?” … Hope

(a line from Puccini’s opera Turandot)

i like this bc its not bypassingly-overoptomystic