We asked folks to tell us about their favorite quote or affirmation and to tell us what it means to them. We’ve shared some of those responses below.
Jaime Albino | Family Man, Lover of Coffee and The Great Outdoors
Regarding my favorite quote, “The cave you fear to enter, holds the treasure you seek.” Hearing this quote ended up changing my life. You see, I was raised in a very traditional, blue collar home; where other than holding down a 9-5 job, nothing else really mattered. Growing up, I had always felt different from everyone else in my family, in that I wanted so much more. Read more>>
Jennifer Toon | Project Director, Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance
“I don’t know if you know who you are until you lose who you are.” ~ Taylor Swift
Incarceration completely takes everything you once were and forces you to re-examine that. This is how I found my true self-through the struggles and rising above. I had to lose everything to find myself, Read more>>
Dianne Betkowski | Cellist of Miguel Espinoza Fusion
“Find out what you do best and do it for all you’re worth”-Leonard Bernstein.
What it means to me is that we should all value our strengths and not be afraid to work with them. We are brought up to be “well-rounded”, which is a great thing. People naturally good at science and math should study literature and the arts and philosophy, too, and vice versa. Read more>>
Ramon Aguirre | Artist
An affirmation or reminder about our constant dissatisfaction with life’s present situation that came to me during a meditative state is “What other way would i’d rather have it be” that is the message i received. To some people it might not mean much but to me it means that there is no perfect scenario in life, that there will never be a time where one can say, ok everything is perfect. Read more>>