VIII · The Sanctuary
If you came in tired, sit here for a while.
Tools for hard hours. You don't need to be in crisis to use them.
5-4-3-2-1 grounding
- 5 things you can see.
- 4 things you can touch.
- 3 things you can hear.
- 2 things you can smell.
- 1 thing you can taste.
If you need to talk to someone now
- International — Befrienders Worldwidebefrienders.org
- United States — 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline988lifeline.org988
- United Kingdom — Samaritanssamaritans.org116 123
- China — 北京心理危机研究与干预中心crisis.org.cn010-82951332
- Hong Kong — The Samaritanssbhk.org.hk2389 2222
- Australia — Lifelinelifeline.org.au13 11 14
Words to keep with you
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.
— Viktor Frankl
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
The only way out is through.
— Robert Frost
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
— Robert Frost
We are all broken. That's how the light gets in.
— Leonard Cohen
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
— Louisa May Alcott
If you can't fly, then run; if you can't run, then walk; if you can't walk, then crawl. But by all means, keep moving.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
— Helen Keller
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
— Martin Luther King Jr.