Gerald Lawson Sittser Quotes & Sayings

Loss is like a closed road that forces us to turn around and find another way to our destination. Who knows what we will discover and see along the way. — Gerald Lawson Sittser

Worry is different from fear. If fear is like a raging fever, worry is a low-grade temperature. It nags at us, simmers in our souls, hovers in the back of our minds like a faint memory. We may fear certain realities, like death; we worry about vague possibilities. Worry distracts us more than paralyzes us. It is like a leaky faucet we never get around to fixing. — Gerald Lawson Sittser

Loss provides an opportunity to take inventory of our lives, to reconsider priorities, and to determine new directions. — Gerald Lawson Sittser

Regret is ... an unavoidable result of any loss, for in loss we lose the tomorrow that we needed to make right our yesterday or today. — Gerald Lawson Sittser