Let whatever mysterious starlight that guided you this far guide you onward into whatever crazy beauty awaits. - Cheryl Strayed

Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me. Insisting on this story was a form of mind control, but for the most part, it worked.

"We aren't poor," my mother said, again and again. "Because we're rich in love."

Don’t buy into the idea that women aren’t strong enough to do anything they want on their own.