28.

"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."

- George Eliot

27.

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us when adversity takes the place of prosperity when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts."

--Washington Irving

26.

25.

"I now know, Lord, why you utter no answer.

You are, yourself, the answer."

- C.S. Lewis, "Till We Have Faces"

24.

"Fear is a thief.

It erodes our faith,

plunders our hope,

steals our freedom,

and takes away our joy

of living the abundant life in Christ."

- Neil Anderson, from his book Freedom from Fear

"... but I am among you as one who serves..."

-jesus

luke 22.27

23.

Be who you are and say what you feel,

because those who mind don't matter

and those who matter don't mind.

~Dr. Seuss

22.

"A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"

- Robert Browning