Melissa

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Melissa is Currently Reading

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Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

by Lou Raguse (Goodreads Author)

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Stillness Is the Key

by Ryan Holiday (Goodreads Author)

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House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

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Melissa’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist

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You can make a drug—a way to anesthetize yourself—out of anything: working out, binge-watching TV, working, having sex, shopping, volunteering, cleaning, dieting. Any of those things can keep you from feeling pain for a while—that’s what ...more

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Melissa’s Quotes

“Teachings come from everywhere when you open yourself to them. That’s the trick of it really, to open yourself to everything and everything opens itself to you.”
― Richard Wagamese, Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations

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“Nothing is stronger than a small hope that doesn't give up. Nothing is stronger than a small hope that doesn't give up. Nothing is stronger than a small hope that doesn't give up. Nothing is stronger than a small hope that doesn't give up.”
― Matt Haig, The Comfort Book

tags: hope

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“So fine, if you insist. This is a witch hunt. We're witches, and we're hunting you.”
― Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming

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“Labeling something a problem is often what makes it one.”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

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“Despite what anybody may have to say to you or about you today, you are enough. Yesterday, you were enough. Today, you are enough. Tomorrow, you’ll be enough. Forever, you’re enough. Change the way you think, baby. Don’t give control over your life, your self-perception, to people who have no business having that kind of power.”
― Tabitha Brown, Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love and Freedom—A Vegan Cookbook and Inspirational Guide by Tabitha Brown

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