This Road We Traveled Quotes

“And there it is, my greatest challenge: to face the uncertainty of each day, trusting that there will be enough—enough to meet our needs and enough to give away.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“Give my effort to the present, let God handle the future.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“A tragedy tears away a hope; a kindness brings it back.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“Danger is everywhere, but fear, that's a choice we make.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“You haven't made the leap yet, Love...."

"The leap?"

"Onto a cloud of faith believing that we won't fall through.... Not only that we won't fall through but that we will thrive on that cloud of faith, draw new energy each time we need it, knowing that God is an unending source of hope no matter the trial.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“draw on to change the circumstances she found herself in. She’d build a ladder with courage as a rung. Maybe kindness would lift her higher too. It was the image she fell asleep pondering.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“And loneliness, well, that’s where your imagination comes in.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“But that’s what accidents are, for the most part: unplanned. We can only imagine how to pick up the pieces and wing anew through the sky, reaching higher.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“Refusing help of others can be seen as stoic and stubborn, and condescending too. And sometimes makes the life of those who would help you more difficult. You could ease their days by letting them make sure you're thriving.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“Maybe she was a part of something large—they all were. This train of covered wagons moved unwieldy yet with design. A verse from 2 Samuel came to her: 'Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.' This vista had cracked that shell of memory, split her open at her breastbone. She did not need to fear falling—into her past. Even in the sameness interrupted by moments of sheer panic, her steps were being enlarged. And for that moment she looked forward, feeling solid and sure.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“I give things to God, but then I—"

"Take them back."

"Yes." She loved that Gramo understood her.

"Don't I know it. That lesson took your old gramo a long time to figure out. We can't make room for the treasures we'll be given if we keep the trunk closed on all the old ones that are gathering dust and taking up room. We have to keep opening up our hearts, even in the disappointments." She leaned in. "Even when we're afraid.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“Ultimately we really only have the choice of trusting that God's with us, willing ourselves to walk with him as we walk this earth, learning from the roads we take.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“I've lived through my share of ups and downs, I guess. And great changes like we're having now, those always bring up the upheaval of previous ones we thought we'd put to rest. I've learned to prepare for that.... Eventually I learned to say 'thy will be done.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“Living in the what-ifs is dangerous.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled

“Thinking if only I had done something differently, the accident wouldn't have happened. But that's what accidents are, for the most part: unplanned. We can only imagine how to pick up the pieces and wing anew through the sky, reaching higher.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, This Road We Traveled