"The joys of motherhood are not excessively apparent during the first few weeks of a baby's life."

-- Vera Brittain

#Baby Quotes #Motherhood Quotes #Joy Quotes

“Everyone has a story, and the story changes, and the more I can root into the truth of things - it's so hard - I don't think anyone ever really puts it all together. But somewhere along the way it all became fused.”
“Nothingâ€™s changed. Youâ€™ll go home. Youâ€™ll be bored. Youâ€™ll be ignored. No one will listen to you, really listen to you. Youâ€™re too clever and too quiet for them to understand. They donâ€™t even get your name right.”
“My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth speaking the line, the body delivering the gesture, while the mind looks back, observing, analyzing, judging, worrying, and then deciding when and what to say next. Enjoyment while performing was rare - enjoyment would have been an indulgent loss of focus that comedy cannot afford.”
“To speak of sin without grace is to minimize the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the fruit of the Spirit, and the hope of shalom.”
“Children raised with love and compassion will be free to use their time as adults in meaningful and creative ways, rather than expressing their childhood hurts in ways that harm themselves or others. If adults have no need to deal with the past, they can live fully in the present.”

Source : Jan Hunt (2013). “The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart”, p.4, New Society Publishers
“I'm a nervous wreck. If it's a 20-day shoot, at lunchtime on the first day, I'm thinking "Only 19 and a half days to go... I can make it!"”
“They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changing needs. They have simplified roles into minimal categories; they have knocked down walls and created workplaces where people, ideas, and information circulate freely.”
“If you want to get an audience quiet, just say "abortion" and everybody shuts up and the tension in the room is spectacular.”

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