#y

Sometimes careful just isn’t good enough. ↗

— A.B. Shepherd

#life-lessons #life-philosophy #change

You don't love someone because they're a dream of perfection. You love them because of the way they meet their challenges, how they struggle to overcome. You love them because together, you bring out the best in each other. ↗

— Lani Wendt Young

#fantasy-romance #samoa #telesa-the-covenant-keeper #young-adult #dreams

Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get. Don’t have a backup plan for living. Live today. […] Trust in God. Believe in yourself. Get friends and family members to stand behind you. That’s the only backup you’ll need. ↗

— Jenni Schaefer

#eating-disorder #ed #hope #inspiration #recovery

The Christian versions of the household codes were clearly progressive for their time, but does that mean they have the last word, that Christians in changing places and times cannot progress further? ↗

— Rachel Held Evans

#gender-roles #progress #change

Communist until you get rich; feminist until you get married; atheist until the airplane starts falling. ↗

— The Hypocrite Diaries

#human-nature #humour #hypocrisy #change

With Ed, I always pushed away the good and only heard the bad. Today, I let in the good. ↗

— Jenni Schaefer

#eating-disorder #hope #positive-thinking #recovery #change

A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that which people in the story change. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#metamorphosis #story #change

I would parade you in the hall of the monarchs of the ocean if you could breathe water. ↗

— S.M. Wheeler

#fantasy #kraken #change

She realized that the photograph had caused his reaction. It came to her almost as a revelation. Think of it: a photographer presses a button. A few hours later and half a world away, some dots of ink on a news print showed what he had seen-and had the power to touch peoples emotions, perhaps to change their way of thinking. ↗

— Soheir Khashoggi

#photography #the-power-of-images #change

America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us. ↗

— Patti Davis

#america #country #father #feeling #gradually