Celia Belt Quotes

My path to a life of meaning may not have been straight or easy, but I am fortunate to have found my personal stepping stones, laid out before me like a masterpiece. There is not one stone, not one memory or one experience that I would have changed. I am grateful for the good and the bad, for I am the sum of all my experiences.

I'm not ashamed to use my face, my voice, or my story to open doors and get our message out into the larger world. I try to create a "soft" introduction to engage people and bring them into the world of burns

If we're going to succeed in our mission, we must put a new face on the world of burn survivors. At the same time, I recognize that we have to pull people in gently, at a pace they can accept. We must create an environment where burns are looked at more kindly and with more understanding

Yes, we do have things in this life that are expected of us. And we have things that we choose to do to better the lives of others.

Forgiveness is a tricky thing. We can say the word and never believe the word. Yet, for those of us blessed enough to truly experience the act of forgiveness, it's an overwhelming sense of joy.

I pray each day that change comes and that more help be made available here in the U.S. to burn survivors and their family members. I also pray that it does not take another war, to open peoples eyes and move their hearts.