Sublime

If someone tells you who they are, consider how lucky you are to be graced with that gift. Don’t respond with an eviction notice, a permission slip, or a concession speech. Un-God yourself. Gasp in awe and applaud with gusto.

I remind myself that since crisis means “to sift,”

I’m so grateful that I’m here to accept this gift.

Selfless women make for an efficient society but not a beautiful, true, or just one.

The boys looked inside themselves. The girls looked outside themselves.

She needs to edit my story so that it fits inside her story about how good things happen to good people and life is fair and things tend to work out nicely in the end.

Why do women find it honorable to dismiss ourselves? Why do we decide that denying our longing is the responsible thing to do? Why do we believe that what will thrill and fulfill us will hurt our people? Why do we mistrust ourselves so completely?

When a woman finally learns that pleasing the world is impossible, she becomes free to learn how to please herself.

I was flying on autopilot, routed to a destination I never chose.