Lauren

“I belong deeply to myself.”
― Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

“Existence— well, what does it matter?
I've existed for the best use i can
The past is now part of my future
The present is well out of hand.”
― Ian Curtis

“you can't make homes out of human beings
someone should have already told you that”
― warsan shire

“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”
― Haim G. Ginott, Teacher and Child: A Book for Parents and Teachers