"When you're little, night time is scary because there are monsters hiding right under the bed. When you get older, the monsters, are different... self doubt, loneliness, regret... and though you may be older and wiser, you still find yourself scared of the dark.



Sleep. It's the easiest thing to do. You just... close your eyes. But for so many of us, sleep seems out of our grasp. We want it, but, we don't know how to get it. But once we face our demons, face our fears, and turn to each other for help, night time is not so scary, because we realize, we are not all alone in the dark."


Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy Season 5 Episode 9

make it right

"It happens, people make mistakes. You know, they sleep with the wrong person and they hide it, but if you ask me, it’s the part that comes after that matters - the part where you make it right.”

Lexie Grey, Grey's Anatomy Season 5 Episode 2

the fight

"You didn't invent the contest....The contest is a lion fight. So chin up, put your shoulders back, walk proud, strut a little. Don't lick your wounds. Celebrate. The scars you bear are the sign of a competitor. You're in a lion's fight. Just because you didn't win doesn't mean you don't know how to roar."

Richard Webber, Grey's Anatomy Season 4 Episode 12

Haha i found this pretty funny!

"In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the earth, at least that’s what they say. He created the birds of the air and the beasts of the fields, and he looked at his creation and he saw that it was good.

And then God created man, and it’s been downhill ever since. The story goes on to say that God created man in his own image, but there’s not much proof of that. After all God made the sun and the moon and the stars, and all man makes is trouble.

And when man finds himself in trouble, which is most of the time, he turns to something bigger than himself. To love or faith or religion to make sense of it all."

Miranda Bailey, Grey's Anatomy Season 4 Episode 11

A hurt shared is halved, a joy shared is doubled

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”



Henri Nouwen

A healthy level of fear is encouraged

"It’s good to be scared, it means you still have something to lose."

Richard Webber, Grey's Anatomy Season 4 Episode 10

Communication 101

"Communication. It's the first thing we really learn in life. Funny thing is, once we grow up, learn our words and really start talking, the harder it becomes to know what to say. Or how to ask for what we really need.

At the end of the day, there are some things you just can't help but talk about. Some things we just don't want to hear. And some things we say because we can't be silent any longer. Some things are more than what you say, they're what you do. Some things you say because there's no other choice. Some things you keep to yourself. And not too often, but every now and then, some things simply speak for themselves."

Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy Season 2 Episode 7

"In life only one thing is certain no matter how hard you try, no matter how good your intentions, you are going to make mistakes, you’re going to hurt people, you’re going to get hurt and if you ever want to recover there’s really only one thing you can say… I forgive you.

Forgive and forget. That's what they say. It's good advice, but it's not very practical. When someone hurts us, we want to hurt them back. When someone wrongs us, we want to be right.

Without forgiveness, old scores are never settled...old wounds never heal. And the most we can hope for, is that one day we'll be lucky enough to forget."

Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy Season 4 Episode 4

"Courage is the capacity to do what is right even when it is unpopular", by Pastor.

Christian maturity

A spiritually matured christian is:

(1) positive under pressure (cause they put their trust in God);
(2) sensitive to the needs of other people (not putting their own needs in front);
(3) a peacemaker, not a troublemaker;
(4) patient;
(5) prayerful.


Recognition is what people say about you, but character is what God knows about you!

beneath the facade

"We should not be quick to jump to conclusion about a person, until we get to know them. Behind every action or speech, there is a reason for it, like the way we talk or behave", by Lilian.

we don't know about much, all we know is desire

"Too often, the thing you want most is the one thing you can't have. Desire leaves us heartbroken, it wears us out. Desire can wreck your life. But as tough as wanting something can be; the people who suffer the most, are those who don't know what they want."

Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy Season 3 Episode 21

Closer

"At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, it's usually a load of bull.

So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them; the people that are still with you at the end of the day, those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need."

Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy Season 3 Episode 10

Write your history

"Some people believe that without history, our lives amount to nothing. At some point we all have to choose: do we fall back on what we know, or do we step forward to something new? It's hard not to be haunted by our past. Our history is what shapes us... what guides us. Our history resurfaces time after time.

So we have to remember sometimes the most important history is the history we’re making today."

Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy Season 3 Episode 20

"Greater pressures bring greater anointing. In order to have the capacity to hold the anointing, we are stretched in every way", by Dad and Lilian Ho.

"always do the right things right", by Dad.

"it's not important whether we win an argument or not, but how much we treasure the relationship with the person we are arguing with. Many times, we forget about the matter - meaning it's not that important after all", by Lilian Ho (cell group sister of 9 years and counting).