The Stars are on Our Side

by Jennifer Hartmann

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Confucius

The thing is, hope can be a savior, or it can be an executioner. There’s no way to know which way the cards will fall. Only time will tell, and time is just as unpredictable as hope.

Life is too short to waste precious time on people who don’t appreciate and value you—family or not.

Storms are unpredictable, and I don’t like unpredictable.” “I can understand that,” she says with a nod, tipping her chin skyward. “I guess I like the reminder that not even the sky is ever truly at peace. It’s breakable, just like we are.”

“Just goes to show you that people are always changing, always growing. Who we are at one point in time isn’t necessarily who we’ll always be. It’s just a starting point, and it’s up to us to pick a direction.”