Rising Above Adversity Quotes

“Acceptance can be so freeing. Before you know it, you’ll move toward forgiveness, which leads to wholeness.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“Forgiveness is an act of self-love, and you don’t even need to tell the people who have hurt you that you forgave them.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“It is time to tell your story without feeling ashamed. This is how you heal.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“Your creator—whatever you call it in your own world—is not going to be upset with you for protecting your peace.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“Your physical and emotional health are in danger.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“People in our lives are supposed to add to our emotional stability, not drain it.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“Learning who we truly are on the inside gives us the confidence of being ourselves regardless of the place or person.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“These days I feel empowered by the same disturbing stories that once broke my spirit.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“Once you experience how rewarding it is to be your true self, flaws and all, without the need to feel guilty or inadequate, you will begin to wonder, ‘Where have I been my whole entire life?”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“You can learn to walk away with confidence from any person who threatens your well-being, resting in the knowledge that you can want the best for them, and still walk away.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“Think of your pain as nothing else but a requirement to become the best version of yourself.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child

“I went from having no boundaries to taking a tremendous amount of offense when anyone tries crossing them.”
― Arelis Calkins, Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child