Yasmine

“Salt is so humble that when something goes wrong, it takes the blame, and when everything goes right, it doesn’t take credit.”
― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day

“Every philanthropist, if she is paying attention, eventually becomes an activist. If we do not, we risk becoming codependent with power -- saving the system's victims while the system collects the profits, then pats us on the head for her service. We've become injustice's foot soldiers.

In order to avoid being complicit with those upstream, we must become the people of And/Both. We must commit to pulling our brothers and sisters out of the river and also commit to going upstream to identify, confront, and hold accountable those who are pushing them in.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a "normal.”
― Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

“I said, “No, I’m sorry, Chase. I’ve been sending you the wrong message. I have accidentally taught you that achieving out there is more important than serving your family in here. I’ve taught you that home is where you spend your leftover energy, out there is where you give your best. I need to course-correct by giving you this bottom line: I don’t give a rat’s ass how much respect you earn for yourself out in the world if you are not showing respect to the people inside your home. If you don’t get that right, nothing you do out there will matter much.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed