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“Validation cannot come from outside of you. The fact that you are breathing means that you are enough.” ~Panache Desai

“Pain comes to all of us in life. … What I see resilient people do is immediately look at the problem and say, ‘What’s the solution to that? What is this trying to teach me?’ Looking at pain as an opportunity to learn and problem-solve – and building the confidence and the habit of moving toward the pain instead of running from it – goes a long way in terms of building resiliency.” ~David Sabine

“A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. (Image by B.S. Wise at Flickr.com)

“I am the me I choose to be.” ~Sidney Poitier (Image by Alexandr Podvalny at pexels.com)

“... I got still and listened for the answer to ‘What is this here to teach me?’ The answer, first and foremost? Lay your ego down. Step out of your ego so you can recognize the truth. … The moment I stepped out of ego … I recognized that every ‘choice’ I’d made had put me in the position I was in. The only way forward was to make better choices.” ~Oprah Winfrey