“None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds.”

Even now, as broken as you may feel, you are still so strong. There's something to be said for how you hold yourself together and keep moving, even though you feel like shattering. Don't stop. This is your healing. It doesn't have to be pretty, or graceful. You just have to keep going.

Maxwell Dawuoh

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

Life tells me I must grow from sadness and sorrow… and I ache from the wound that I caused myself from loving too much.

“We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn’t just being book-smart or having a college degree; it’s trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.”

— Tabatha Coffey

“You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling … Learn to use them and fly.”

— Rumi

Truth isn't given, it's found. Seek within.

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

— Og Mandino

to go where you love, and bring love where you go.