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“The only way to be found,” he yells. “Is to admit we’re lost,”
“Archery is about precision and patience.” Hayes blinks slowly. “Kind of like life. We breathe in and aim. Then we breathe out and release. We take our time. It isn’t about hitting the target so much as the path that leads us to the target. As life would be, after you hit one target, there’s always another one in front of you.”
“Great. Now, let’s practice. Just with your bows. Remember to keep breathing. That’s a lesson for everything in life. Just keep breathing.”
Hayes walks up to us. “Are you breathing together?” he asks. “Always.” Grover wiggles his eyebrows. He licks the suction cup end of his arrow and sticks it on my arm. “Aim. Release. Hit your target.”
“It’s not about doing what people want you to do. It’s about giving people what they need.”
Sometimes silence is needed the most when life is so full of noise. And Cassie’s life must be full of a lot of noise.
Sometimes people are lost because they’re too afraid to look at the path. Sometimes people avoid the road for fear of what might be on it. It’s easier to stand in the shadows and watch.
People can drown in silence just as easily as drowning in a pool.
I don’t want to waste time wondering who I am. I just want to be.
well, sometimes hope is the only alternative because the reality is too much.
Because reality might be ugly, but sometimes we can be broken and beautiful.
courage takes multiple forms. That it doesn’t have to be skydiving or bungee jumping. That for some people just getting up every day is an act of courage. That the smallest act can have the biggest effect.
“We all have our crazy, Zander.”
“If I could reverse time, I would tell Charlie that he’s not alone. I would tell him that even though he felt lost, if he just waited and didn’t give up, he would have found himself.”
“Broken hearts can heal.
