Untamed

There is a life meant for you that is truer than the one you’re living. But in order to have it, you will have to forge it yourself. You will have to create on the outside what you are imagining on the inside. Only you can bring it forth. And it will cost you everything.

think we are only bitter about other people’s joy in direct proportion to our commitment to keep joy from ourselves. The more often I do things I want to do, the less bitter I am at people for doing what they want to do.

The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It’s not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that’s no badge of honor.

don’t want to find comfort in the weakness and pain of other women. I want to find inspiration in the joy and success of other women.

there is a critical step between vision and reality.

Because I have just remembered that the sun is shining, the breeze is cool, and these doors, they’re not even locked.

Those who left their egg home in the dark all week fared best; some of their eggs went rotten, but that didn’t matter as long as they remained uncracked.

humaning successfully.

A woman becomes a responsible parent when she stops being an obedient daughter.