Beth Cruz

“Others learn a lot about you from watching how you treat yourself. People can sense your lack of self-esteem or neediness based on how you talk to yourself, talk about yourself, and treat yourself behaviorally. Be kind to yourself, because the people in your life are watching.”
― Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

“The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.”
― Joan Didion, The White Album: Essays

“These are flowers that come from a very plain-looking bulb that must be planted deep in the ground and weather the cold winter in order to bloom in the spring. They remind me of the fact that growing into yourself isn’t always a pretty process, and that’s okay. I look at bulb flowers as a metaphor to point out that sometimes we become strong, beautiful, and vibrant from being surrounded by mud and facing the cold with grace and steadfastness.”
― Llewellyn, Llewellyn's 2023 Sabbats Almanac: Samhain 2022 to Mabon 2023