“Sometimes you just need someone to tell you you’re not as terrible as you think you are.”
— Unknown
“I’m not sure I want to give you tools that can destroy my heart.”
— Twenty One Pilots, “Air Catcher,”
“work hard for what you want in life and keep that fight - you have to be strong and know that you can do anything you put your mind to; just keep believing in yourself, keep trying, and keep pushing. you can do it.”
— Unknown
Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
Yasmin Mogahed
Mi amor, no sé a dónde se me ha ido mi corazón, pero dime. ¿Qué se refleja en mi alma? Que siento que se están quemando mis pequeños fragmentos de lo que aún soy consiente de sentir.
-chipnervous.
“There’s a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn‘t very loveable.”
— Unknown
When we stop causing harm, we stop fearing it.
Others may act out of anger or ignorance, but only our own actions have the power to truly harm us.
Have you ever felt stronger by choosing not to cause harm?
Hanif Abdurraqib, from "There Are More Ways to Show Devotion", You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World