#peri

Ritualised child sexual abuse is about abuse of power, control and secrecy. Ten years ago many people found it difficult to believe that fathers actually raped their children, yet survivors of such abuses spoke out and eventually began to be listened to and believed. Ritual abuse survivors, when they try to speak out about their experiences, face denial and disbelief from society and often fear for their lives from the abusers. ↗

— Laurie Matthew

#child-abuse #childabuse #childhood-abuse #mental-health-professionals #rape

Regret for not learning; not for the mistakes you did. ↗

— Garbyal

#learning #life #mistake #experience

Service and gratitude will fuel your relationship; entitlement and expectation will poison it. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#giving #gratitude #life #love #poison

Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you GET for it, but what you BECOME for it. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #life #success #experience

Be consistent in your dedication to showing your gratitude to others. Gratitude is a fuel, a medicine, and spiritual and emotional nourishment. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #life #medicine #nourishment #experience

The great thing about life-the most magnificent thing about being these sentient human beings-is that we have been given the power of choice. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#life-experience #power-of-choice #experience

What about thinking of happiness as a right instead than as a gift? ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#giving-advice #happiness #happy #inspiration #inspirational

I love a lots of things about being a writer! The thrill of seeing characters come to life, and the satisfaction as a story starts to fall into place. Independence not being answerable to anyone but myself or tied to a nine-to-five routine is very important to me, too. And of course, it's great being a writer when it comes to parties! In my experience, most people are fascinated by the process of writing and the whole idea of romantic fiction, even if they have never read any. ↗

— Jessica Hart

#experience

You can't love a person till you know him or her inside out, until you've lived with them and shared experience: sadness, joy, living - you've got to share living before you can find love. Being in love doesn't last, but you can find love to take its place. ↗

— Stan Barstow

#love #experience

Will had never wanted to fall in love. When it had happened to friends, it had always struck him as a peculiarly unpleasant-seeming experience, what with all the loss of sleep and weight, and the unhappiness when it was reciprocated, and the suspect, dippy happiness when it was working out. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#experience