

“Being different conditions you toward cautiousness, even as it demands being bold.”
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

“When we allow ourselves to celebrate tiny victories as important and meaningful, we start to understand the incremental nature of change—how one vote can help change our democracy; how raising a child who is whole and loved can help change a nation; how educating one girl can change a whole village for the better.”
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

“If you choose to try to make a life with another person, you will live by that choice. You'd find yourself having to choose again and again to remain rather than run. It helps if you enter into a committed relationship prepared to work, ready to be humbled and willing to accept and even enjoy living in that in-between space, bouncing between the poles of beautiful and horrible, sometimes in the span of a single conversation, sometimes over the course of years. And inside of that choice and those years you'll almost certainly come to see that there is no such thing as a 50-50 balance, instead it will be like beads on an abacus, sliding back and forth, the maths rarely tidy, the equation never quite solved....”
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

“Our hurts become our fears. Our fears become our limits. For many of us, this can be a heavy inheritance, carried by generations. It’s a lot to try to push back against, to try to unlearn.”
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

“One light feeds another. One strong family lends strength to more. One engaged community can ignite those around it. This is the power of the light we carry.”
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
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