Rachael

“Chances are that you take care of someone else too. Your life is not simply yours to shape, but your days and weeks and years are tangled up in the days and weeks and years of another person’s needs. This is where a story of American self-determinism really breaks down. We don’t shape our own destinies very often. We are incredibly busy worrying about those we love who are very old or very young or who have unfixable problems.”
― Kate Bowler, Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens

“Brené Brown says, “The willingness to show up changes us. It makes us a little braver each time.”
― Kate Bowler, Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens

“And love, especially, for the soft heart—mine— who cared enough to be this tired in the first place.”
― Kate Bowler, Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens

“Look at where you’re going, but remember you’ll go where you look.”
― Melody Beattie, More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations