I think we all find ourselves at times wishing for an easy life. Wishing away our struggles and cursing our trials. But so much beauty lies in the most painful of moments. Through the fire we become refined. It is the earthquakes that make us stronger and the storms that make us know true peace. It is through our hardest and most difficult experiences that we are given the most wonderful and indescribable blessings. It is within the pain that we come to know joy and through tragedy that we can become whole. The storm, the whirlwind, the earthquake, they are the things that give us true happiness.

The storm is how we find our anchor. The whirlwind is when we find our rock. It is the chaos of life that brings us our true constants and the tragedies that bring our true beauty. It is the rain that shows the colors of the rainbow and the darkness of the night that allows the sunrise. The most precious things of life are only possible because of the most difficult ones. Love, peace and joy are all increased by struggle and heartache that is overcome and redefined. It is my greatest difficulties that have given me my most incredible blessings.

Don’t wish for easy. Don’t wish for different. See your struggles and pains and hard times for what they truly are-promises of the greatness that is to come.

Sometimes we find ourselves drowning in the thunderstorms of life. Sometimes we feel like we are in the middle of a tornado and the chaos that surrounds us will never cease. Sometimes our lives feel like they are crumbling, like we are experiencing earthquake after earthquake that shatters us to the very core and never allows us back on our feet. It is through love that our lives and our souls can become still and in that stillness that love truly brings about the most incredible miracles. Love can quiet the loudest of storms and calm the greatest of earthquakes. It brings serenity in the middle of chaos and peace to the most rocky of waters. Love is what allows you to dance in the rain instead of hide from the thunder. It anchors you even on the most shaky of ground. It brings calm to panic and clears the most foggy of days. Love heals. The turmoil and tragedy of my own life was often enough to stop me in my tracks and to feel so hopeless and defeated. But in that tragedy lied the greatest of beauties. Love stilled my soul and because of love that stillness became a part of me. Nothing could ever break me again and instead of drowning me, every storm became an opportunity to dance-and perhaps that is the greatest miracle of all.

Ecstatic: "a state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion; full of joy; rapturous." We live in a world where people are not only expected to conform to a single shape but who also tragically seek it. It is in this mold of expectation and ordinary that we lose the thrill, the adventure and the pure joy that this life offers. Stand ajar, seek extraordinary and marvel as your life becomes the most remarkable of experiences!

I started reading a quote a day from the book, "Whatever You are Be a Good One." I find inspiration in deep places and thought provoking ideas. The quotes in this book were not only inspiring me but they were prompting me to think beyond the words on the page and really understanding the vast meaning they each hold. I love the quotes so much that I decided to create a page to share them all with you. If you'd like to read the quote each day just like my page. I'll also share some of my own thoughts about each quote and hope to hear some of yours as well! Let's inspire each other ♥