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Others’ expectations can be very strong influences. You must make sure that your boundaries are strong enough that you do not let others define you. Instead, work with God to find out who you really are and what kind of work you are made for.
John Townsend • Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, to Take Control of Your Life
“Corrie,” he began instead, “do you know what hurts so very much? It’s love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain.
John Sherrill • The Hiding Place
Toxic shame is no longer an emotion that signals our limits; it is a state of being, a core identity.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
“You know, I don’t think she ever lost her shit around her white friends.” “Yeah, well,” Erin said ruefully, “we were family.”
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Even if you don’t plan a whole trip around them, libraries are excellent spots for weary travelers: free, quiet, cool, full of locals, and staffed by people whose job is to help any visitors who walk in the door.
Austin Kleon • Library Tourism - Austin Kleon
This means helping them to respond appropriately to danger but, even more, to recover the capacity to experience safety, relaxation, and true reciprocity.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Few situations in life are ever improved by not taking care of ourselves and not giving ourselves what we need.
Melody Beattie • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
The Art of Noticing for Writers: From The Art of Noticing (A Vintage Short)
Rob Walker • 2 highlights
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All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful
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