Kristine

“The Spanish flu is remembered personally, not collectively. Not as a historical disaster, but as millions of discrete, private tragedies.”
― Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

“It's not reality that makes us feel stuck; it's the lens we use to view the world.”
― Tonya Dalton, The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less

“Try to go a whole seven days without having to control everything, without stressing when things don't work out as you thought they would or should. As you do this, any time you feel the need to take charge, try to relax out of it, just to see what happens. Look for the good that happened precisely because things didn't work out the way you thought they would or should.

And take your time. There really is no desperate hurry. When we constantly pursue perfection, our life speeds up. We make hasty decisions and snap judgments. Wabi sabi offers an opportunity to pause, reflect, check in with yourself and move from there. You'll likely feel relived, and make better choices.”
― Beth Kempton, Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life

“But fear can't feed your dreams. It can only feed more fear.”
― Jessica Jung , Shine