#insp

Sure, genetics do play a role in alcholism. You're more likely to be an alcoholic if one or both of your parents are also alcoholics. But that's just one part of the equation; the other part is your behavior. You can't become an alcoholic if you never take a drink. So if you know you're predisposed to addiction because of your family history, then just don't get started, and you'll never find yourself on that path. Same with any other type of 'family curse.' If you parents smoke, don't pick up a cigarette. If your parents are obese, work hard to exercise and eat right so you don't follow in their foosteps. But some people find it easier to play the victim. They do whatever bad habits they want to because they think they have a built-in defense - "I grew up this way. ↗

— Gaby Rodriguez

#family

We're only human James, bound by flesh and blood to do the wrong thing." ~Lena Jefferson from The Other Sister ↗

— Cheri Paris Edwards

#inspirational #family

Scripture breathes wisdom like we breathe oxygen. It can't not. Through Scripture, God reveals himself. This wisdom cannot be captured, let alone contained, on a neon bumper sticker or rubber bracelet. Wisdom itself invites us to go deeper- right into a relationship with God himself. Through wisdom, we learn to love God and love what he loves. We find rich counsel on the life we were meant for- in our families, communities, and world. We discover our personal responsibilities to others. And we unearth how to put love into action." -Organic God ↗

— Margaret Feinberg

#religion #the-organic-god #family

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#freedom

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#freedom

The function of freedom is to free someone else. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#responsibility #freedom

Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#freedom #human-rights #inspirational #justice #peace

Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#inspirational #freedom

Music, my rampart and my only one. ↗