“Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?”
― The Gifts of Imperfection
― The Gifts of Imperfection
“رقبه قزازة و قلبي فيها انحشر
شربت كاس و اتنين و خامس عشر
صاحبت ناس م الخمرة تصبح وحوش
و صاحبت ناس م الخمرة تصبح بشر
!!عجبي”
― رباعيات صلاح جاهين
شربت كاس و اتنين و خامس عشر
صاحبت ناس م الخمرة تصبح وحوش
و صاحبت ناس م الخمرة تصبح بشر
!!عجبي”
― رباعيات صلاح جاهين
“Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.”
― The Gifts of Imperfection
― The Gifts of Imperfection
“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.”
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