Gerald Lawson Sittser Quotes

Loss provides an opportunity to take inventory of our lives, to reconsider priorities, and to determine new directions.

I did not get over the loss of my loved ones; rather, I absorbed the loss into my life, like soil receives decaying matter, until it became a part of who I am.

The quickest way for anyone to reach the sun and the light of day is not to run west, chasing after the setting sun, but to head east, plunging into the darkness until one comes to the sunrise.

Loss is like a closed road that forces us to turn around and find another way to our destination. Who knows what we will discover and see along the way.

Regret is… an unavoidable result of any loss, for in loss we lose the tomorrow that we needed to make right our yesterday or today.