Joanna

“People who stay sick choose to keep blaming. They stand firmly in their anger and resentment and call it a revolution. They bristle against this kind of work because they view it as an affront to their sovereignty. They don’t see that humility is not an admission of weakness but a result of knowing exactly how powerful you are. It’s much easier to go down the path of self-righteousness, to be sure. Nothing is more gratifying. I fall into it regularly. But those who choose the other way? They get better. They get free. They soar, with soft dignity. They rise, without needing to announce it.”
― Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

“if you truly want to live with peace in your heart and be free of the burdens of the past — you must be brave enough to be willing to look at yourself honestly, clearly, and without reservation. You must take responsibility for everything that’s ever happened to you. Not blame. Responsibility.”
― Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

“Even though it will feel uncomfortable for a while, but according to the pastor, discomfort is good. In discomfort we are real.”
― Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

“It’s the difference between existing and actually living.”
― Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life