“To be passive is to let others decide for you. To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is to decide for yourself. And to trust that there is enough, that you are enough.” TrustDecideAssertiveness Book:The Choice: Embrace the Possible Source: The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“So often when we are unhappy it is becasue we are taking too much responsibility or we are taking too little. Instead of being assertive and choosing clearly for ourselves, we might become aggressive (choosing for others) or passive (letting others choose for us), or passive-aggressive (choosing for others by preventing them from achieving what they are choosing for themselves).” SelfHappinessRelationshipsMental HealthHealthy RelationshipsUnhappines Book:The Choice: Embrace the Possible Source: The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“The irony of freedom is that it is harder to find hope and purpose. Now i must come to terms with the fact that anyone i marry won't know my parents. If i ever have children, they won't know their grandparents. It isn't just my own loss that hurts. It's the way it ripples out into the future.” LossGrief Book:The Choice: Embrace the Possible Source: The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“Maybe every childhood is the terrain on which we try to pinpoint how much we matter and how much we don’t, a map where we study the dimensions and the borders of our worth.” ChildhoodTraumaSelf Worth Book:The Choice: Embrace the Possible Source: The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“...By the time I would finish school I'll be fifty? He smiled. "You're going to be fifty anyhow” AgeGoalsNever Too Late Book:The Choice: Embrace the Possible Source: The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“Memoria este teritoriu sacru. Dar este si teritoriul bantuit. Este locul in care furia mea, vina si jalea se rotesc precum pasari infometate ciugulind aceleasi si aceleasi oase vechi de hoit. Este locul in care caut raspunsul la intrebarea de neraspuns: "De ce am supravietuit?” Amintiri Book:The Choice: Embrace the Possible Source: The Choice: Embrace the Possible