As I was driving, I reflected back over our journey and I realized the kind of peace I meant. It’s not the pansy, pie-in-the-sky, life-is-perfect peace. No, this is the kind of peace that comes after war. It’s the hard-won, show-you-my-scars, didn’t-think-I’d-live-to-tell-about-it, peace. It’s not gentle—it’s wild, fierce, and I’m not giving it up, not ever, because I paid too high a price to get it.
-Holley Gerth
#1 by ♡ on October 28, 2011 - 5:17 am
From one of my 14 year old Italian students, I’ll try to translate it as best as I can: <>
Then, you must also learn to read the white spaces. This means, there, where they are marked, you must stop and leave them there, much like an unexpected opening. The quiet comes in and submerges us like water. So that the words that are enclosed in silence are as if their echo continues to vibrate in that quiet.
xo
Julie
#2 by Jaclyn Rae on October 30, 2011 - 11:59 am
Wow… So much wisdom at 14. Thank you for sharing. Beautiful.
#3 by shelbyisrad on October 28, 2011 - 5:44 am
That quote… and Julie’s quote…. So perfect.
Too perfect!
love to you both
Shelby
#4 by Jaclyn Rae on October 30, 2011 - 11:59 am
Love you <3
#5 by Laura on October 29, 2011 - 1:50 pm
Love this! It reminds me of a post I wrote awhile back about being grounded. I’ll share an excerpt if you don’t mind.
“I feel like I have been drug through the mud, thorns, and over the gravel road….most of the time being pulled along by my own pride and stubborness. But despite the scars and bruises I have, I feel renewed and strenghtened. Not that swelling sense of accomplishment and excitement, but a calm, comforting grounding, like my feet are firmly stuck to the ground even if my body continues to sway in the winds of Life.”
#6 by Jaclyn Rae on October 30, 2011 - 12:00 pm
I love that… feet planted firmly. Thanks for sharing, you’re lovely.
#7 by Nelya on November 6, 2011 - 6:35 pm
This quote is wonderful. Thank you for sharing!