“I settle into my imagination so that I might be someone when the real world tells me I'm no one.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Christmas is a whisper of peace and a sigh of hope on the lips of love.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“All you can do is start where you are. But you can start—right here, right now. You absolutely can.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“As long as you keep praying and trying and dreaming, there is hope.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Just knowing you're not alone is often enough to kindle hope amid tragic circumstances.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Faith to me is trusting in every evidence that something is ―that it is possible, that it is significant, that it is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Laugh as if it's funny, embrace as if it's love, and smile anyway.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Within the blinding mists it is hard to seek out any source of light. But there is absolutely light to be found;… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Goals are my north star. My compass. The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel. Goals are motivations… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Though it pained me, I gave in. Why was it that I repeatedly succumbed to the first whisper of a promised maybe?… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Past and Present I know well; each is a friend and sometimes an enemy to me. But it is the quiet, beckoning… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
You were born and with you endless possibilities, very few ever to be realized. It's okay. Life was never about what you… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either. There's both sweet and sour in every day. So why focus on… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Hope is a fire more ravenous than the flames of temptation. For if only a portion of it poisons your veins, it… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What are you most thankful for?” she asked. My reply came easily. “Being too blessed to have any hope of answering that… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Never give up. It's like breathing—once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I made a sorry face in response to such strong insistence, but I couldn’t believe him. Fantasies were exactly that―fantasies. Whimsy. Wishes.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Acknowledge that some moments are just plain awful―desperate and gloomy and painful and miserable and nothing at all but anguish. No truthful,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Despair is not for the living but for those unable to rise and continue; they are the only souls with a right… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Flames burn so long as they are fed. Rivers rage so long as it rains. The sun rises so long as the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A little porch light from a distant farmhouse dimmed, feeling alone and unneeded until his smallest spark of illumination snuffed out entirely.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My favorite words in the world are these: “what” and “if” in conjunction. They question curiosities in simple form and function. “What”… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Time and again the sun sets like a bedimming curtain before my eyes, taking with it all illumination, warmth, and color. I… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ A Wish on the Sun " "I see the world beyond a tiny window that allows a glimpse of Heaven into… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life has moments that feel as if the sun has blackened to tar and the entire world turned to ice. It feels… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I think in the heart of every human being there burns an ember of hope that warmly entices us to believe everything… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Pray each morning and each night. Talk to God and be polite. Tell Him what you're grateful for. Leave your troubles at… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I realized at that moment - observing his form move further away without once turning back - that I’d already begun to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My world burns severe. Pockets of sweltering air attack every inch of me exposed, heated by fire spewed forth from the lungs… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Discouragement, fear, and depression— three villains who lurk in the dark. They slip inside souls with a blindfold and goals to shatter… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows. And still there are those who smile at the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Prayer, faith, and vision, plus real effort too. Blend them together for one potent brew. The magical spell to your dreams coming… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Hope can be as fragile as butterfly wings, so when someone shares with you their beautiful hopes, handle them as delicately and… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Hope is the reason we hang on until tomorrow. Without hope, there would be no tomorrow… or at any rate, there would… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Rainy, gloomy, drab, sunless day. There are times when hope seems entirely clouded over, when looking for the blessings in your circumstances… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Truth is, I’m generally happiest when it’s just me. It’s okay to be madly in love with yourself.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“ Happily-ever-afters don't come in happily-every-days . They are found at the end of challenges-ever-met, promises-ever-kept, and tears-ever-wept.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice can serve… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Memories of past. Heartaches of old. Courage of brass. Lessons of gold.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Mystery, why so attractive to me? You blind me with fear, place hope on my tongue, and with a cold kiss draw me forward.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“It's amusing to me that we refer to people who live in their heads as detached, disturbed, or mad, when reality for anyone is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Such a nasty bruise,” he says, staring straight into my eyes. I am stunned he can see it. Delicate to the touch and tender… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“You would think those who have endured unkindness would be kinder as a result, intent on sparing others the awful suffering they abhorred firsthand.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“You made a choice—a single choice. How neat to think you may have opened the door to a wondrous future without knowing.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“The key to valuing something is to lose it and then realize how rare it was—after which you pray like mad to regain what… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Rather than critique people, try admiring God’s creative handiwork.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
