Basil

“When you have an invisible disease, your sickness isn’t your biggest problem. What you end up battling more than anything else, every single day, is other people.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Carry the Ocean

“If there are fish that would swim or birds that would fly only after investigating the entire ocean or sky, they would find neither path nor place.”
― Dōgen

“One thing is for sure—you will make mistakes. Learn to learn from them. Learn to forgive yourself. Learn to laugh when everything falls apart because, sometimes, it will.”
― Vironika Tugaleva, The Art of Talking to Yourself

“Forgiving yourself can prove as difficult as licking a scab off your elbow.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year