Erika

“Have you ever felt trapped in circumstances, then discovered that the only trap was your own lack of vision, lack of courage, or failure to see that you had better options?”
― Nick Vujicic, Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life

“When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“To embrace suffering culminates in greater empathy, the capacity to feel what it is like for the other to suffer, which is the ground for unsentimental compassion and love. (157)”
― Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

“... to keep moving up ... , you have to abandon the security of that ledge and reach for another hold. Letting go of that sense of security.. is the challenge. ... think of yourself as climbing a ladder. To move to the next rung, you must give up your grip and reach for the next one.”
― Nick Vujicic, Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life