As we look forward to our Parish Revival Celebrations and Renewal, (September 9, 10, & 11), here are some helpful quotes on welcoming and inviting a change of heart, mind, and spirit.
Fr. Gerry
Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history. – Joan Wallach Scott
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. – Maria Robinson
You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. – Denis Waitley
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. – C.S. Lewis
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. – Faith Baldwin
If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. – Mary Engelbreit
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings. – Arthur Rubinstein
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. – Confucius
Acceptance of one’s life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary it means accepting it as it comes… To accept is to say yes to life in its entirety. – Paul Tournier
Life is its own journey, presupposes its own change and movement, and one tries to arrest them at one’s eternal peril. – Laurens van der Post
Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. – Pauline R. Kezer
Things do not change; we change. – Henry David Thoreau
Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable. – Denis Waitley
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. – Anatole France