#becoming

Becoming a mother was the single defining event of my life. It felt like the whole world shifted. ↗

— Debra Messing

#defining #event #felt #life #like

The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age. ↗

— Idries Shah

#becoming #future #laziness #rehearsal #age

You cannot change your destination overnight. You can change your direction.---Jim Rohn ↗

— Jim Rohn

#change #directions #change

Something happened during Matt's talk. When I sat down I was one person, but by the time he was done, I was someone else. Someone changed. Someone new. Someone I didn't know. My arms were covered in gooseflesh. My stomach was doing this buoyant, top-of-the-roller-coaster thing. Suddenly I wanted to be pretty. I wanted guys to think I was pretty. In particular, I wanted this guy to think I was pretty... ↗

— Susan Auten

#love #romance #sweet #change

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. ↗

— Anais Nin

#combination #death #elect #fail #go

Mara, if you're tired, I can hear it. If you're hurt, I can feel it. And if you lie, I will know it. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#noah-shaw #the-unbecoming-of-mara-dyer #love

Leadership is familiar, but not well understood. ↗

— Gerald Weinberg

#leadership #leadership-vs-management #leadership

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older. ↗

— Hans Selye

#becoming #every #indelible #leaves #little