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    Stars can't shine without darkness.

      No winter lasts forever.  No spring skips it's turn.

        Never regret anything that has happened in your life, it cannot be changed, undone, or forgotten.  So take it as a lesson learned and move on.

          "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." ~ Buddha

            “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” ~ J.K. Rowling

              “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. ” ~ Pema Chodron, Buddist Nun

                “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” ~ Winnie the Pooh

                  “I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.” ~ Og Mandino

                    “I mean, really, whatever you woke up worrying about this morning, get over it. How important in the greater scheme of things can it possibly be? Make your peace and move on.”~ Ken Robinson, The Element

                        “Circumstances do not push or pull. They are daily lessons to be studied and gleaned for new knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom that is applied will bring about a brighter tomorrow. A person who is depressed is spending too much time thinking about the way things are now and not enough time thinking about how he wants things to be.” ~ Andy Andrews

                          “Times of calamity and distress have always been producers of the greatest men. The hardest steel is produced from the hottest fire; the brightest star shreds the darkest night.” ~ Andy Andrews, The Traveler’s Gift

                            “The things that hurt us teach us.” ~ Author Unknown

                              “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” ~ Kenji Miyazawa

                                “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” ~ Dolly Parton

                                  “I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I am in the house and I have the key.” ~ Charles Fletcher Lummis

                                    “Regardless of what is going on around you, make the best of what is in your power, and take the rest as it occurs.” ~ Epictetus

                                      “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” ~ Reinhold Niebuhr