Quotes About Challenges

from the moment we're born until the day we die.

Mary Pipher's book Reviving Ophelia

it is less about who people are, and more about how they behave and show up in difficult situations. Fear is the emotion at the center of that list of problematic behaviors

something. I completely underestimated the pull on my emotional bandwidth, the sheer determination it takes to stay calm under pressure, and the weight of continuous problem solving and decision making. Oh, yeah—and the sleepless nights. My

more than half talked about a cultural norm of "nice and polite" that's leveraged as an excuse to avoid tough conversations.

Just as getting in and out of the weeds is a part of every waitstaff shift in a restaurant, navigating stressors is a daily part of living. However, daily stress can take a toll. In fact, chronic exposure to stressors can be detrimental to health. High levels of perceived stress have been shown to correlate with more rapid aging, decreased immune function, greater inflammatory processes, less sleep, and poorer health behaviors.

Because we don't talk about the things that get in the way of doing what we know is best for us, our children, our families, our organizations, and our communities.

we spend an unreasonable amount of time managing problematic behaviors.

I didn't plan to get pregnant with his child, but it happened. All I can do is take this opportunity and run with it.

no matter how big you think your problems are, someone else's problems could always be bigger, which makes yours relatively small!

Life is full of surprises" she said softly."It's hardly ever black and white.

4It is hard to be carefree when you have many anxieties. But the more you have, the more necessary it is to feel carefree for a time, so that you will get some new ideas on how to deal with your anxieties.]

Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful.

It is for the inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker.

The trouble with our ideals is that if we live up to all of them, we become impossible to live with.

They are qualities of a fictional character who is very different from me. This is a mirage called acting. Surrounded by another mirage called celeberty." The young woman speaks again. "I thought this wasn't about you?" She challenges.

I'm taking a fresh look at the American Dream and who gets to live it and who doesn't.

The pressure to get Toy Story 2 successfully made was not the high pressure of a single moment, like giving a speech or competing in a musical competition or sporting event. It was an intense, long-lasting pressure that wore people down. And it came immediately following the three-year grind of making of A Bug's Life, which was ten times as complex as the original Toy Story.

There's no reality without battles and no future without fights.

Not everything can go according to the plan.

Nos quejamos de lo mal que están las cosas, pero yo a veces me pregunto si no están ya mucho peor de lo que nos imaginamos

be having a hard time handling their jobs.

impossible planning, strange priorities and a continual lack of information.

A lo largo de la historia, muy pocas personas han podido dedicarse sin más a algo distinto de sobrevivir. Cierto es que nunca han podido hacerlo tantas como hoy. Pero aun así la mitad de la humanidad, como mínimo, vive hoy sin opciones.