Category Archives: challenges

Posted on August 27, 2023 by little wren

Maybe there’s nothing wrong with you – Maybe it is just really difficult to exist within a system that was not designed to support a spirit like yours. ~Unknown

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Posted on August 4, 2023 by little wren

If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s. ~Joseph Campbell

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Posted on July 7, 2020 by little wren

Some things cannot be fixed; they can only be carried. ~Megan Devine

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Posted on April 25, 2020 by little wren

Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it. ~Maya Angelou

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Posted on August 27, 2019 by little wren

I am a child with an old soul. I see magic in everything, but at the same time, everything tires me because I feel everything so very deeply. ~Juansen Dizon

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Posted on September 19, 2018 by little wren

Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile… initially scared me to death. ~Betty Bender

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Posted on October 19, 2017 by little wren

If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I’m neurotic as hell. I’ll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days. ~Sylvia Plath

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Posted on July 7, 2017 by little wren

One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision. ~Bertrand Russell

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Posted on March 26, 2017 by little wren

I have travelled through madness to find me. ~Danny Alexander

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Posted on January 12, 2017 by little wren

Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow. ~Carrie Fisher

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