Megan Crow

“Watching children experience hurt and failure is excruciating for parents. We will go to great lengths to protect ourselves from that pain. Therefore we carry bags of snacks to prevent hunger. We equip our furniture with padding to prevent bumps and bruises. We sign our kids up for extra soccer camps to “get a leg up.” We buy them favored toys and gadgets to see more smiles and prevent envy. We do, do, do. More, more, more.”
― Denaye Barahona, Simple Happy Parenting: The Secret of Less for Calmer Parents and Happier Kids

“you’re tired not because of your schedule but because you’re trying so hard to be a perfectly optimized human.”
― Kendra Adachi, The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done

“When opportunity knocks, you don’t leave it standing on the doorstep. You invite it in and feed it chocolate cake.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Ladies' Room

“was a young woman who had only recently finished college. There was still some dull and limited part of my imagination that believed my education was over because NYU had granted me a diploma. Meeting Winifred, though, made me realize that your education isn’t over when they say it’s over; your education is over when you say it’s over. And Winifred—back when she was a mere girl of eighty—had firmly decided: It ain’t over yet. So when can you start pursuing your most creative and passionate life? You can start whenever you decide to start.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear