Paola Merrill Quotes

Peaceful living does not entail eliminating things from our lives—instead, it challenges us to transform those things to serve us better.

We will also bloom, wilt, and regrow throughout our lives as needed.

Sometimes there’s nothing more comforting than sitting in thankful awareness of our physical selves, our consciousness, and the ability to think and feel joy and pain. Our bodies and minds let us experience the world in our own ways, completely and utterly unique to ourselves.

I believe that peace of mind is not only achievable but grows in abundance once we begin to nourish it. I see it as a life long journey of letting go of unnecessary burdens, again and again, casting off the weight until - ever so slowly - the load lightens.

We are living memorials to those we have loved and lost. Life may continue after heartbreak, but it will be innately different. And this need not be a sad thing. In fact, the experience can connect us to our souls more than we ever thought possible. It offers us a new life that no longer lives in the shallows, but left open and raw, ready to experience what this new world has to offer. The souls we once knew are preserved in stories written on our hearts, ones that we will recite again and again. And in that chanting of a memory, in bringing them back to life a thousand times over, we start to understand.