Jennifer Welch

“but even if you won the lottery and paid off all your student loans, your car, and your mortgage, then went on an all-expenses-paid vacation to the Maldives, you might only be happy for a nanosecond before a whole host of other problems cropped up. You’d be in one of those thatched huts over the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean thinking, I want to be on a yacht in Bora Bora. As soon as you attained that one thing you thought you had to have or die trying, your mind would create a new void with other unattainable wants and desires. Because that’s how the human mind functions. It wants more, more, more. The latest designer handbag, a bigger house, and the latest iPhone. Hotter sex. New clothes. Different spouse. Different lips. Different face.”
― Jennifer Welch, Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches

“There are certain elements of my life I can account for. I can show up for those I love. I can work hard, treat my body with respect, spread kindness, tip well, and vote Democrat. But ultimately, I can’t control how others perceive me. I can’t control how they organize their own lives. With my support and brilliant maternal guidance, I can only gently suggest or influence. But that’s about it.”
― Jennifer Welch, Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches