“Sometimes, too often, I don't want to muster the energy. Stress and anxiety seem easier.”
― One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
― One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
“Money may not buy happiness, but it buys a hell of a lot of distraction from unhappiness”
― The Jane Austen Marriage Manual
― The Jane Austen Marriage Manual
“It was me who had to carry myself over the finish line, and all I needed to remember when I felt like not trying was that that feeling wouldn't last forever.”
― The Problem with Forever
― The Problem with Forever
“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“Life is diverse. Living is to live with difference. Anyone telling you that difference should be stamped out is stamping out life. Those people insisting that there are black and white answers to the difficult questions are stamping out the diversity that is inherent in life.”
― Letters to a Young Muslim
― Letters to a Young Muslim
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