Sarah Peck

“I learned at a young age that being “full of myself” was a bad thing. But I have decided that I want to be full of myself: my ideas, my opinions, my curiosities, my needs, my emotions, my self.”
― Austin Channing Brown, Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-possession

“For Equilibrium, a Blessing:
Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,
May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul.

As the wind loves to call things to dance,
May your gravity by lightened by grace.

Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth,
May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect.

As water takes whatever shape it is in,
So free may you be about who you become.

As silence smiles on the other side of what's said,
May your sense of irony bring perspective.

As time remains free of all that it frames,
May your mind stay clear of all it names.

May your prayer of listening deepen enough
to hear in the depths the laughter of god.”
― John O'Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings

“What you do is less important than the difference you make.”
― Tiffany Dufu, Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less

“I love myself when I am laughing and again when I am looking mean and impressive.”
― Zora Neale Hurston