“I think self-esteem is a white invention to further separate one person from another. It asks people to assess their values and implies people have worth. It seems like identity capitalism.”
― Heart Berries: A Memoir
― Heart Berries: A Memoir
“I couldn't distinguish the symptoms from my heart. It was polarizing to be told there was a diagnosis for the behaviors I felt justified in having.”
― Heart Berries
― Heart Berries
“من اینجا ریشه در خاکم
من اینجا عاشق این خاک اگر آلوده یا پاکم
من اینجا تا نفس باقیست می مانم
من از اینجا چه می خواهم،نمی دانم
امید روشنائی گر چه در این تیره گیهانیست
من اینجا باز در این دشت خشک تشنه می رانم
من اینجا روزی آخر از دل این خاک با دست تهی
گل بر می افشانم
من اینجا روزی آخر از ستیغ کوه چون خورشید
سرود فتح می خوانم
و می دانم
تو روزی باز خواهی گشت”
―
من اینجا عاشق این خاک اگر آلوده یا پاکم
من اینجا تا نفس باقیست می مانم
من از اینجا چه می خواهم،نمی دانم
امید روشنائی گر چه در این تیره گیهانیست
من اینجا باز در این دشت خشک تشنه می رانم
من اینجا روزی آخر از دل این خاک با دست تهی
گل بر می افشانم
من اینجا روزی آخر از ستیغ کوه چون خورشید
سرود فتح می خوانم
و می دانم
تو روزی باز خواهی گشت”
―
“Your new life is going to cost you your old one.
It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense
of direction.
It’s going to cost you relationships and friends.
It’s going to cost you being liked and understood.
It doesn’t matter.
The people who are meant for you are going to meet you
on the other side. You’re going to build a new comfort
zone around the things that actually move you forward.
Instead of being liked, you’re going to be loved. Instead of
being understood, you’re going to be seen.
All you’re going to lose is what was built for a person you
no longer are.”
― The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense
of direction.
It’s going to cost you relationships and friends.
It’s going to cost you being liked and understood.
It doesn’t matter.
The people who are meant for you are going to meet you
on the other side. You’re going to build a new comfort
zone around the things that actually move you forward.
Instead of being liked, you’re going to be loved. Instead of
being understood, you’re going to be seen.
All you’re going to lose is what was built for a person you
no longer are.”
― The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
“Nothing is too ugly for this world, I think. It’s just that people pretend not to see.”
― Heart Berries
― Heart Berries
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