“I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.” ShouldHeartHardCompassionKindnessPaperConscienceMotherhoodHardshipMummyHard Words Book:The diary of a young girl Source: The diary of a young girl
“Little soldier, little insect You know war it has no heart It will kill you in the sunshine Or happily in the the dark Where kindness is a card game Or a bent up cigarette In the trenches, in the hard rain With a bullet and a bet.” KnowsHeartLittlesWarHardGamesDarkKindnessRainSoldierCardsSunshineCigaretteBulletsBentInsectsTrenches Author:Conor Oberst
“One of the things that I think makes it hard in this society for us to tell the truth is the kind of conventional relationship to adversity. Things aren't always easy and rather than being taught to have kindness to ourselves and others in the light of that we're taught something very different; that it's wrong and rejected - that's a lot of conditioning to step away from.” ThinkingKindDifferentHardLightEasyStepsKindnessTaughtTruth IsAdversityTelling The TruthConventionalRejectedConditioningThis Society Author:Sharon Salzberg