Words of Inspiration
A Tiny Candle & Ripples of Hope
Journey of Hearts
A Healing Place in CyberSpaceTM
 
 

Often when I wonder if this site is making a difference, I receive an e-mail from someone that confirms we are helping. The inspiration for this page comes from a quote sent by a visitor to the site, answering my own question, "Can one person really make a difference?"

This page is a collection of other inspirational 'light' quotes to transition the reader from darkness to light and then on to hope.

Light Quotes  
The Midrash
 
Chandogya Upanishad
Marianne Williamson
 
Life is no brief candle to me; 
it is a sort of bright torch which I have got hold of for a moment  
and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible  
before handing it on to future generations.  
George Bernard Shaw 
 
It is my hope that each person who visits this site becomes a spark, of hope, that people can sustain losses and survive. The Midrash reminds us that "Many candles can be kindled from one without diminishing it" and that many small candles together can create a great light. Never underestimate the the strength of one person’s dream, the power of One Voice, the wind from a butterfly's wing or the light from one dim candle. That tiny candle may be the bright light out of someone’s darkness.
 

We hope to inspire visitors to become candles for others who are in the earlier stages of the grieving process, to kindle the flame, spark blazes of gladness in realizing that in the "giving of light, the darkness will disappear," by becoming a light in someone else's darkness.

Ripples of Hope
From the response to this site, I have realized that one person with an idea, who is willing to follow through on that idea can make a difference and that one person can reach others.
Every person the Journey of Hearts site helps has an immeasurable ripple effect on others. For every person the site reachs, teaches and provides information as to what a grieving person may be feeling, it ultimately impacts so many more around them. Whether the visitor is the one experiencing the loss, or a friend or family member searching for information, understanding the grief process makes it easier to cope and I believe ultimately hastens the healing process. The healing cycle repeats itself as the survivors become the teachers and the healers.
 

    Each time a man stands up for an ideal,   
    or acts to improve the life of others,   
    or strikes out against injustice,   
    he sends a tiny ripple of hope,  
    and those ripples, crossing each other from a million different centers of energy,   
    build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.   
     
    Robert F. Kennedy 
 
To paraphrase the quote from Robert Kennedy we want to  
Last updated April 7, 1999
 
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