“Life is a test. Without problems to solve, it wouldn’t be much of a test.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Face it; life's gonna chew you up and spit you out. If you're lucky you'll get stuck to the bottom of someone's… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Closing your eyes won't make the awfulness go away. It may be that nothing will. But dwelling on it, dreading the evil,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life is hard and unfair. It is cruel and heartless, painful, trying, disappointing, unapologetic, and frequently downright awful. But that's not important.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Personal problems appear big because we press our nose to the glass to observe them. This only serves to magnify our troubles.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Don't judge too harshly, for if your weaknesses were to be placed under your footsteps, most likely you would stumble and fall… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If we were always given a choice as to every path presented us in life, a multitude of roads leading to priceless… — 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
“Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don't allow it to be all-consuming when there's so… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life isn't a lazy cruise on some endless, calm, and temperate sea. Life is a raging ocean with swells and tidal waves… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Five truly effective prescriptions to remedy a bad day. (You can't overdose.) —Pray; discuss your troubles with God. —List your blessings. (The… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life’s journey doesn’t start on the highest mountain peak where a clear view of the trail ahead, obstacles and all, is laid… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it feels as if God set you on Earth with a bottle full of nasty-tasting pills called days and these instructions:… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Never let critics pour misery into your cup. Never let doubters place hesitation in your steps. Never let cheaters plant suspicion in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“When words can't make it better, hold my hand and don't let go.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If you avoid all of life's abrasions you will never be polished enough to shine.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Dark feelings churn inside me, weighing my spirit as if gray clouds were emptying their cold, drenching contents into my being. I… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Memories of past. Heartaches of old. Courage of brass. Lessons of gold.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image