Inspirational Wisdom Quotes on Difficulties, Depression
by Alison Stormwolf

It is when the night comes
we face ourselves naked
stripped of cloaks of illusion.
That is where true healing begins
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

Deep, deep down I found a well in me,
constructed in my youth,
full of the stagnant water of guilt , pain,
rejection, self doubt.
Oh, the discovery was terrible,
the owning of it very hard.
That is where enlightenment begins.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

I never asked for depression to afflict me,
now I see it as the gift in disguise.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

Depression strips away
all that is not for our greatest good.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

Depression allowed me to see my brothers and sisters
in a new light of compassion.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

When the world seems to have lost all colour,
go into the silence.
Ask what it is you need to know.
Emerge changed.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

I have been forged in the fire...
God cared enough to do that for me.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

Depression is often the key
that unlocks creativity.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

In the night of my soul
I reached up to the light.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

No great growth comes without deep struggle.
Total despair urges us to cry for mercy,
that cry opens doors.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

The world became an alien environment.
Shrieking silently for mercy I roamed
pleading, begging in the dark.
Such passion is never ignored.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

Depression isolates us from the trivialities of the world
so that our re-emergence
will be bold, renewed, powerful.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

The flames of transformation are agony.
The end result?
New found knowledge of our inner strength.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

The darkness
could not hold me.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

In the darkness
came teachings.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

I learned to surrender completely
my vanity, my face to the world.
In that crisis I prayed.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~