# Repair Life From One Small Place of Sanity by Bryant McGill > “Change begins the way you clean an overwhelming room: by clearing one small spot. Once one surface is clear, it becomes a staging ground from which the rest of the mess can be sorted, and an inner life works the same way, because a single small place of sanity, safety, and self-respect gives you somewhere to stand while you repair everything else.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *All Is Well Within When Pain Becomes a Seed of Change - Livestream (Oct 2015)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/All Is Well Within When Pain Becomes a Seed of Change - Livestream|All Is Well Within When Pain Becomes a Seed of Change - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the dated developed livestream document (2015-10-16). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/simple reminders/Your Future Begins with Your Next Thought|Your Future Begins with Your Next Thought]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/All Is Well Within When Pain Becomes a Seed of Change - Livestream|All Is Well Within When Pain Becomes a Seed of Change - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Renewal|Renewal]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Change begins the way you clean an overwhelming room: by clearing one small spot. Once one surface is clear, it becomes a staging ground from which the rest of the mess can be sorted, and an inner life works the same way, because a single small place of sanity, safety, and self-respect gives you somewhere to stand while you repair everything else.” — Bryant McGill, All Is Well Within When Pain Becomes a Seed of Change - Livestream (Oct 2015) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-repair-life-one-small-place ```