Bethany

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Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand

by Jeff Chu (Goodreads Author)

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O Little Town of Bethlehem

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I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

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Bethany’s Notes & Highlights

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

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doing well with money has a little to do with how smart you are and a lot to do with how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.

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“The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.”
― Ariel Gore, Atlas of the Human Heart

tags: introverts, silence, socialization, talking

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“Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme...If you don't love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It's not enough to forge your own spiritual connection to the divine; it must be displayed publicly.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

tags: evangelicalism, extroverts, introverts

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“I am so touched at how my family has embraced my situation. They don't even know this child, and they already love her.”
― Nia Vardalos, Instant Mom

tags: adoption

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“Adoption is grief in reverse.”
― Jody Cantrell Dyer, The Eye of Adoption: The True Story of My Turbulent Wait for a Baby

tags: adoption, family, family-relationships, fertility, infertility, open-adoption, parenting

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“By adopting, I was not a full-fledged mother in their eyes. I hadn't paid the price of pregnancy, hadn't earned the badge of labor or the award for delivery, and would forever be an outside --an associate member at best. I looked like the other women, but I felt like less of one.”
― Jana Wolff, Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother

tags: adoption

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