Illuminating Gracie Quotes

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:16”
― Lisa C. Temple, Illuminating Gracie

“Exercise - ugh - never one of my favorite things. It wasn't that I was endearingly clumsy like the girl in one of my favorite romance novels, nor was I particularly athletic, either. I suppose, if the truth be told, I was just plain lazy. I had never been attracted to the idea of purposely sweating.

Grace”
― Lisa C. Temple, Illuminating Gracie

“Grace, I know this will be difficult for you, but you need to try very hard to listen to me. You are going to want to retreat into yourself, but you mustn’t. You need to fight to stay cognizant. Fight as if your life depended on it – because it does.”
― Lisa C. Temple, Illuminating Gracie

“I didn’t feel alone anymore. I began to experience real hope for the first time, and my heart felt as if it might explode with joy.”
― Lisa C. Temple, Illuminating Gracie

“I could feel the heaviness of his heart and it ripped through me as if it was my own pain. For the first time in my life, I was experiencing genuine empathy for another person and it left me deeply shaken.”
― Lisa C. Temple, Illuminating Gracie

“You aren’t the only one who is confused and . . . scared.”
― Lisa C. Temple, Illuminating Gracie

“A little danger is better than a lot of safety if being safe means being without the person with whom you were meant to share your life.”
― Lisa C. Temple, Illuminating Gracie

“I know you have trust issues. I understand that. I can only repeat what I said to you this morning, which is you must listen to your heart. It’s an acquired skill, Grace, but a very valuable one. Deep down inside of you, you know with whom to place your trust and, more importantly, with whom to place your heart.”
― Lisa C. Temple, Illuminating Gracie