Bouncing Forwards Quotes

“Gratitude is a choice, and it needs to cultivated like a muscle that grows and develops. It’s a healthy habit that when practiced, helps us cultivate resilience.”
― Patrick Regan, Bouncing Forwards: Notes on Resilience, Courage and Change

“I've come to the conclusion that true success is living by your values.”
― Patrick Regan, Bouncing Forwards: Notes on Resilience, Courage and Change

“We find God in the midst of the trauma we face, not removed from it. His holiness means being involved. He doesn’t always heal us as quickly as we’d like but he never turns his back on us no matter what”
― Patrick Regan, Bouncing Forwards: Notes on Resilience, Courage and Change

“We need to recognise grief for what it is in order to be able to deal with it.”
― Patrick Regan, Bouncing Forwards: Notes on Resilience, Courage and Change

“Recognising pain and crisis, rather than ignoring it. We are changed and moved. We use it not go back to how things where but to propel us forward, to be better people.”
― Patrick Regan, Bouncing Forwards: Notes on Resilience, Courage and Change

“If God is in the restoration business and I want to align my values with his and to do all I can to see his kingdom come to earth now.

That means I need to remember that no-one, even me – is a lost cause.”
― Patrick Regan, Bouncing Forwards: Notes on Resilience, Courage and Change

“Fitting in is exhausting.
Belonging is life-giving.”
― Patrick Regan, Bouncing Forwards: Notes on Resilience, Courage and Change

“How often do we make the mistake of not living in the moment?
We wait for the healing, the answer to the prayer, the fulfilment of our dreams, and miss so much of what God is doing here and now.”
― Patrick Regan, Bouncing Forwards: Notes on Resilience, Courage and Change

“Resilience isn’t simply about being tougher and trying harder. Resilience also isn’t a fixed trait, it’s something we can grow and develop in.”
― Patrick Regan, Bouncing Forwards: Notes on Resilience, Courage and Change