Alexis Walker

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do,” Eleanor Roosevelt once observed, and her life was spent proving the point.”
― Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy

“No matter which route you take, within twenty-four hours the day will be over. Tomorrow should be better. But if it’s not, nor the next day, or the next, then know that it’s okay to ask for help from friends, a support group, a therapist, a doctor, or your Higher Power. Dark days come to all of us. Yet discouraging days bring with them golden opportunities when we can learn to be kind to ourselves. Believe it or not, today offers you a hidden gift, if you’re willing to search for it.”
― Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy

“You see, whenever something unexpected or unthought of falls onto our path, it’s always a stepping stone in a journey to a “place” that we have been thinking about, because in time and space, as you well know, there are no accidents”
― Mike Dooley, Infinite Possibilities (10th Anniversary): The Art of Living Your Dreams

“Now that you’re an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book. Or maybe you like to eat alone in restaurants and could do without the pitying looks from fellow diners.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking