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This was a fresh experience that showed a renewed self-respect and involvement with life. He was still homeless and in struggle. And he saw himself as worthy of eating in a restaurant, of asking for what he wanted, of being served.
“We are feeling creatures, we are meant to experience, not deny, our emotions. Ergo, it’s not about being all yippy skippy every moment of every day and never ever feeling sad or angry or freaked out. Expecting yourself to feel only positive emotions is not only impossible, but will most likely make you feel like a failure instead of like a normal human. Feel what you feel, have a temper tantrum, shake your fist in the air and curse thy enemy’s name, lie facedown in your driveway and weep, let your emotions live large and then . . . make the decision to move on. It’s when we wallow in our negative emotions that we let them hold us back. Experiencing them, however, is healthy and critical to releasing them.”
― You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth
― You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth
“The pioneering American journalist Marlene Sanders, who was the first woman to report from Vietnam during the war (and who was the mother of a son), once gave this piece of advice to a younger journalist: “Never apologize for working. You love what you do, and loving what you do is a great gift to give your child.”
― Dear Ijeawele; or, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
― Dear Ijeawele; or, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
“The real ethical issue about factory farming’s treatment of animals isn’t whether the producers are good or bad guys, but that the system seems to recognize animal suffering only when it interferes with profitability.”
― The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
― The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
“Do not measure her on a scale of what a girl should be. Measure her on a scale of being the best version of herself.”
― Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
― Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
“The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It’s not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that’s no badge of honor.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
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