When pain knocks on your door, welcome it. Let it in. Sit with it. Have tea with it. Understand it. Then let it leave. - Najwa Zebian

Unfortunately, there are people in the world who sense your need for love and take advantage of it to gain medicine for their own pain and to get their wants and needs met.

You don’t wait for someone to come change your life or save you. You don’t wait for someone to pick up your mess along the way. You do that yourself. And when you don’t pick up the mess, you take responsibility instead of blaming others. You trust yourself as the leader of your life and act in accordance.

Women are often conditioned to believe that motherhood is the mark of womanhood... that it's the most important achievement a woman could ever accomplish. While it's okay to believe that, it's also okay not to.