What You Wish For

by Katherine Center

I knew that grief set its own timeline, and that the only way out was through.

Pay attention to the things that connect you with joy.”

“It’s not about fixing all your problems, anyway,” Max said. “You’ll never fix all your problems.” “Well, that’s encouraging.” “The point is to be happy anyway. As often as you can.”

“courage makes everything easier next

time.

I’m not happy because it comes easily to me. I bite and scratch and claw my way toward happiness every day.”

I know all about darkness. That’s why I am so hell-bent, every damn day, on looking for the light.”

“Life doesn’t ever give you what you want just the way you want it. Life doesn’t ever make things easy.