A personal journey of spiritual healing. Available at www.sharonrainey.com Making a Pearl From the Grit of Life is Sharon Rainey's first book.
Published in November 2010 by Pinctada Publishing, LLC.
Published in November 2010 by Pinctada Publishing, LLC.
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Why did I want to die? Because living was just so damn hard, even at age 10. When all I had to do was get up in the morning and go to school, it was more than drudgery; it was excruciating. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I’m not ‘different’ from anyone else. Crises and tough emotional periods are the grit around which my inner self has been formed. Some, I have come through with more grace than others. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life allows us to follow Sharon Rainey on a veryprivate path of early trauma. It leads us through depths of the human spirit -- depths we come to recognize as very much like our own -- and, through hard-won lessons, emerge onto a higher place of inner strength and ...
Forgiveness is what gives the pearl its luminescence. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I had to clear up my messy life. By letting go of the debris and filth, I have come to a deeper, more soulful beauty and clarity like an oasis in the desert. From that place of clarity, a vision of what I could have, what I could do, who I could be has emerged if I allow my heart to become a place of compassion, acceptance and forgiveness. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I am, by God’s design, a “feeler.” Everything in the world I interpret with my feelings. I am hyper-sensitive to others’ hurtful words. I find it almost impossible to let what others say “just roll off my back.” I personalize too much of what anyone says to me. This is definitely not a good characteristic, but it is how God created me. I have worked very hard through the years to change this, with very little success. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Deep down inside of me, way down deep, in a place previously unknown; I heard it: a solid, honest, compassionate whisper. It was quiet, very quiet. But it was clear. And it was true. “If you go back into that house, you will never come back out.” - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
As we each began our journey, we learned the importance of connecting, of laughing with one another (not at one another), of sharing our lives. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Why did I want to die? Because living was just so damn hard, even at age 10. When all I had to do was get up in the morning and go to school, it was more than drudgery; it was excruciating. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I’m not ‘different’ from anyone else. Crises and tough emotional periods are the grit around which my inner self has been formed. Some, I have come through with more grace than others. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life allows us to follow Sharon Rainey on a veryprivate path of early trauma. It leads us through depths of the human spirit -- depths we come to recognize as very much like our own -- and, through hard-won lessons, emerge onto a higher place of inner strength and ...
Forgiveness is what gives the pearl its luminescence. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I had to clear up my messy life. By letting go of the debris and filth, I have come to a deeper, more soulful beauty and clarity like an oasis in the desert. From that place of clarity, a vision of what I could have, what I could do, who I could be has emerged if I allow my heart to become a place of compassion, acceptance and forgiveness. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I am, by God’s design, a “feeler.” Everything in the world I interpret with my feelings. I am hyper-sensitive to others’ hurtful words. I find it almost impossible to let what others say “just roll off my back.” I personalize too much of what anyone says to me. This is definitely not a good characteristic, but it is how God created me. I have worked very hard through the years to change this, with very little success. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Deep down inside of me, way down deep, in a place previously unknown; I heard it: a solid, honest, compassionate whisper. It was quiet, very quiet. But it was clear. And it was true. “If you go back into that house, you will never come back out.” - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
As we each began our journey, we learned the importance of connecting, of laughing with one another (not at one another), of sharing our lives. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Why did I want to die? Because living was just so damn hard, even at age 10. When all I had to do was get up in the morning and go to school, it was more than drudgery; it was excruciating. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I’m not ‘different’ from anyone else. Crises and tough emotional periods are the grit around which my inner self has been formed. Some, I have come through with more grace than others. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life allows us to follow Sharon Rainey on a veryprivate path of early trauma. It leads us through depths of the human spirit -- depths we come to recognize as very much like our own -- and, through hard-won lessons, emerge onto a higher place of inner strength and ...
Forgiveness is what gives the pearl its luminescence. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I had to clear up my messy life. By letting go of the debris and filth, I have come to a deeper, more soulful beauty and clarity like an oasis in the desert. From that place of clarity, a vision of what I could have, what I could do, who I could be has emerged if I allow my heart to become a place of compassion, acceptance and forgiveness. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I am, by God’s design, a “feeler.” Everything in the world I interpret with my feelings. I am hyper-sensitive to others’ hurtful words. I find it almost impossible to let what others say “just roll off my back.” I personalize too much of what anyone says to me. This is definitely not a good characteristic, but it is how God created me. I have worked very hard through the years to change this, with very little success. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Deep down inside of me, way down deep, in a place previously unknown; I heard it: a solid, honest, compassionate whisper. It was quiet, very quiet. But it was clear. And it was true. “If you go back into that house, you will never come back out.” - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
As we each began our journey, we learned the importance of connecting, of laughing with one another (not at one another), of sharing our lives. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Why did I want to die? Because living was just so damn hard, even at age 10. When all I had to do was get up in the morning and go to school, it was more than drudgery; it was excruciating. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I’m not ‘different’ from anyone else. Crises and tough emotional periods are the grit around which my inner self has been formed. Some, I have come through with more grace than others. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life allows us to follow Sharon Rainey on a veryprivate path of early trauma. It leads us through depths of the human spirit -- depths we come to recognize as very much like our own -- and, through hard-won lessons, emerge onto a higher place of inner strength and ...
Forgiveness is what gives the pearl its luminescence. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
I had to clear up my messy life. By letting go of the debris and filth, I have come to a deeper, more soulful beauty and clarity like an oasis in the desert. From that place of clarity, a vision of what I could have, what I could do, who I could be has emerged if I allow my heart to become a place of compassion, acceptance and forgiveness. - Sharon Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
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