Paris Byrum

“C. S. Lewis called it the “inconsolable longing” for we know not what, or Sehnsucht, a German term based on the words das Sehnen (“the yearning”) and sucht (“an obsession or addiction”). Sehnsucht was the animating force of Lewis’s life and career. It was “that unnameable something, desire for which pierces us like a rapier at the smell of bonfire, the sound of wild ducks flying overhead, the title of The Well at the World’s End, the opening lines of ‘Kubla Khan,’ the morning cobwebs in late summer, or the noise of falling waves.” He’d felt it first as a young boy, when his brother brought him a toy garden in the form of an old biscuit tin filled with moss and flowers, and he was overcome by a joyous ache he couldn’t understand, though he would try for the rest of his life to put it into words, to find its source, to seek the company of kindred spirits who’d known the same wondrous “stabs of joy.”
― Susan Cain

“Learning can't be force fed. It needs to come in response to genuinely asked questions by genuinely curious people. Experts can't educate your kids until your kids have the desire to be educated.”
― Ben Sasse, The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance

“Wings of Brilliance By Paris Byrum”
― Marta Spirk, The Empowered Woman's Path: 21 Inspiring Stories of Success in Life and Business

“the depths of despair, I found myself trapped within the suffocating confines of an abusive marriage. For years, I endured the relentless storm of emotional and physical torment that battered my spirit. Anxiety and depression became unwelcome companions, weaving their tendrils through every facet of my being as the weight of the abuse grew heavier with each passing day. Like a fragile bird with broken wings, I was stripped of my confidence and left adrift in a sea of despair. The walls of my own mind held me captive, echoing with the venomous words and cruel actions inflicted upon me. I longed for freedom, but fear and doubt shackled me, chaining me to a life I believed I could never escape.”
― Marta Spirk, The Empowered Woman's Path: 21 Inspiring Stories of Success in Life and Business