Mridula

“Leaving, arriving, returning - those are all just different words for the same thing: starting all over again.”
― Wayde Compton, The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration

“Indeed, any system of oppression must allow exceptions to validate itself as meritorious. How else will those who are oppressed by the system internalize their own oppression?”
― Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays

“Have you ever wondered how therapists can listen to people's problems all day long without getting completely overwhelmed? The same principle applies: Pay rapt attention to another person over time and the quiet energy of love and compassion will rise up.”
― Christopher K Germer, L'Autocompassion: Une méthode pour se libérer des pensées et des émotions qui nous font du mal

“Don't Just

Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart