Rikarda Elsa

“When I see the sun, I see you—
rising without fear,
burning without asking the sky for permission.

In your light, my fate awakens,
like dawn touching the quiet edges of my soul.

You are not just the shine—
you are the reason the morning believes in tomorrow.

And every golden ray that falls on my face
whispers softly,
“Love was written in light… and it looks like you.”
― Manmohan Mishra

“Everyone insists [motherhood] is her purpose, and it drives her mad, the idea that the shape of her body determines the shape her life must take.
That her beauty is something she is expected to pass on instead of keep.
That anything she makes will thrive while she is left to wither.”
― Victoria Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

“The quality of activities cannot be raised, unless we raise the very texture of our thoughts and the depth of our understanding.”
― Chinmayananda, Inward Journey

“The secret of action is to get established in equanimity, renouncing all egocentric attachments, and forgetting to worry over our successes and failures”
― Chinmayananda, Inward Journey