Before you call the snail a weakling, tie your house to your back and carry it around for a week - Ayobami Adebayo

I am interested in the idea that people should be able to define their own happiness. It’s not just about fertility; we are often told that we need this or that to be happy. We need to be thin, rich or whatever. But maybe we should decide for ourselves what happiness looks like.

The reasons why we do the things we do will not always be the ones that others will remember. Sometimes.

But even then, I could trap those thoughts and keep them caged in a corner of my mind, in a place where they could not spread their wings and take over my life.