Savannah Wright’s Reviews > How Far You Have Come: Musings on Beauty and Courage > Status Update

"I want to look back on my life and say, I loved in surrender. Light found me on the road, tired and burned, and I learned to let go, learning to live beyond my history embracing mystery, loving the map of where I've been and loving my questions even more because the questions kept me trusting the journey home was worth living for."

"I hope you know how much it matters that you have not given up, even though you hold persistent fears that you are not good enough. You have given your all with courage. You have learned to rest and trust. Your story is lined with healing and hope. Oh, what light stirs to life from the dust!" // Arizona

“Some days we’re the painter. Some days we’re the paint. Beautiful things are being made all the same.” // New Mexico

“The story you shared made one voice feel heard” // Texas

“Have courage, heavy heart. Find joy in the in-between.” // Louisiana

“I cannot predict what’s next, but I can choose how I respond I. The way I cross these waters, and the way that I love, in the way I remember truth and let it infuse who I become.” // Mississippi

“I cannot hold my life in the palm of my hands, but I can trust that despite what I do not understand, I can take the next steps on my journey. The water will be deeper, but I will stay in this direction.” // Alabama

“You will desire to go beyond the limits to get there faster.
But moving at a careful pace requires courage in this race, as if to say
Time does not define me, I do not answer to the tick of the clock and I will not give in to its alluring tongue.
In my own speed, with my own limits, I am still becoming.”