“Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”
― How to Be Your Own Best Friend
― How to Be Your Own Best Friend
“and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. what do you call it, freedom or loneliness?”
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“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. —ERNEST HEMINGWAY, A Farewell to Arms”
― The Night Shift
― The Night Shift
“To embrace the joy of saying no, of boundaries being a possibility for us, is to forgive ourselves. Boundaries are forgiveness because evolving our boundaries stops suppressing our needs, expectations, desires, feelings, and opinions, which forgives our younger selves. Forgiveness grants us permission to grow.”
― The Joy of Saying No: A Simple Plan to Stop People Pleasing, Reclaim Boundaries, and Say Yes to the Life You Want
― The Joy of Saying No: A Simple Plan to Stop People Pleasing, Reclaim Boundaries, and Say Yes to the Life You Want
“But in reality, it’s the way we relate to things that matters. It’s not social media that makes us depressed; it’s our relationship to it. It’s not money that makes us unhappy; it’s our relationship to it. It’s not our partner that makes us happy; it’s our relationship to him or her. Instead of changing the world around us, it may be better to change the way we relate to the world.”
― Nothing you don't already know: Remarkable reminders about meaning, purpose, and self-realization
― Nothing you don't already know: Remarkable reminders about meaning, purpose, and self-realization
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