Chrissy Schmitzer

“As Albert Einstein observed, “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous”.”
― Jen Sincero

“For those habituated to high levels of internal stress since early childhood, it is the absence of stress that creates unease, evoking boredom and a sense of meaninglessness. People may become addicted to their own stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol, Hans Selye observed. To such persons stress feels desirable, while the absence of it feels like something to be avoided.”
― Gabor Maté, When the Body Says No

“The truth of course is that if people really were as happy as they look on the Internet, they wouldn’t spend so much damn time on the Internet, because no one who’s having a really good day spends half of it taking pictures of themselves. Anyone can nurture a myth about their life if they have enough manure, so if the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, that’s probably because it’s full of shit. Not that that really makes much difference, because now we’ve learned that every day needs to be special. Every day.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“My best friends taught me a new kind of quiet, the peaceful stillness of knowing one another so well you don’t need to fill the space.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place