Yomna Sameh

“It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“الغربة لا تكون واحدة .... إنها دائما غربات .
غربات تجتمع على صاحبها وتغلق عليه الدائرة .. يركض والدائرة تطوقه .. عند الوقوع فيها يغترب المرء في " أماكنه " وعن " أماكنه "
أقصد في نفس الوقت يغترب عن ذكرياته فيحاول التشبث بها .. فيتعالى على الراهن والعابر . إنه يتعالى دون أن ينتبه إلى هشاشته الأكيدة
فيبدو أمام الناس هشا ومتعالياً .. أقصد في نفس الوقت
يكفي أن يواجه المرء تجربة الإقتلاع الأولى حتى يصبح مقتلعاً من هنا إلى الأبدية .. الأمر يشبه أن تزل قدمه عن درجة واحدة من السلم العالي
حتى يكتمل النزول إلى منتهاه .. الأمر يشبه أن ينكسر في يد السائق مقود السيارة .. كل سيرها بعد ذلك يصبح ارتجالاً على غير هدى
لكن المفارقة تكمن في أن المدن الغريبة لا تعود غريبة تماماً .”
― مريد البرغوثي, رأيت رام الله

“If you want to, you can let go of any feelings of resentment, of regret, of anger. You can accept that you are a fabulous human being because of all the bad things that have happened to you, not in spite of them. What is done is done, and you need to just get on with your life. Don’t use the labels “good” and “bad.” Yes, I know some of it is indeed bad, but it is how we let it affect us that is the real “bad.” You could let all these things get you down, fizzle away internally like some emotional acid making you ill and resentful and stuck. But you will let them go, embrace them as character forming, and in general as positive rather then negative.”
― Richard Templar, Rules of Life, Expanded Edition, The: A Personal Code for Living a Better, Happier, More Successful Life

“When you find yourself drowning in self-hate, you have to remind yourself that you weren’t born feeling this way. That at some point in your journey, some person or experience sent you the message that there was something wrong with who you are, and you internalized those messages and took them on as your truth. But that hate isn’t yours to carry, and those judgments aren’t about you. And in the same way that you learned to think badly of yourself, you can learn to think new, self-loving and accepting thoughts. You can learn to challenge those beliefs, take away their power, and reclaim your own. It won’t be easy, and it won’t happen over night. But it is possible. And it starts when you decide that there has to be more to life than this pain you feel. It starts when you decide that you deserve to discover it.”
― Danielle Keopke