Mary

“Too often the rules we fear to break are the ones that forbid us from taking care of ourselves at the expense of someone else’s inconvenience or hurt feelings. We ask too much of ourselves, making up silly rules to follow and then invoking guilt when we fall short. You might be surprised at how much better you feel when you try a little piece of freedom or give yourself a break. Often just the symbolism of a small act of self-caring is enough to open a way out of hopelessness and bring one back into the world of possibility.”
― Lindsay C. Gibson, Who You Were Meant to Be: A Guide to Finding or Recovering Your Life's Purpose

“A manifesto of self-care is a road map for survival.”
― Megan Devine, It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

“But self-confidence doesn’t find us: we have to push ourselves to do something hard and live through it, and then confidence will eventually follow. I’d faked confidence and, by doing so, created it. It really did feel like a feat of wizardry.”
― Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

“The main thing socially intelligent people understand is that your relationship to everyone else is an extension of your relationship to yourself.”
― Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think