I'm amazed how my soul is served the messages I need to be fed at exactly the time I'm in need. When I'm open.

— Paula Heller Garland

I may not always like at times, but life is a beautiful blend of joy, tragedy and dreams. If not for one, I could not have the other.

— Paula Heller Garland

Late that night we were both still thinking about the events as they unfolded. He suggested a drive back to the water to bring some closure. As we stood in the water I felt so thankful to have been with a friend capable of hearing and expressing emotion.

— Paula Heller Garland

Life became more aligned when I started taking some of the advice I'd been dishing out to my friends.

— Paula Heller Garland

People may say no one ever died of a broken heart, but when you're suffering from one, it sure doesn't feel that way--at least initially.

— Paula Heller Garland

The burden of my anxiety is not my child's.

— Paula Heller Garland

The moment I felt my life return was when I took a breath and said to him, "No, thank you. Were I as perfect as you are demanding, life would be rather boring.

— Paula Heller Garland

The truth, for me, does I do accept everyone. I believe people are going to be who they are going to be. Moreover, I strongly disagree that it is my place in life to judge who they are. Or to attempt to mold them into whom I believe they should become.

— Paula Heller Garland

When we see others cry it is difficult, not because of feeling their pain, but your own.

— Paula Heller Garland

You can't sweep something broken into a bag and call it whole. It takes repair.

— Paula Heller Garland