292 Quotes by Glennon Doyle Melton

When reentering society and risking rejection, the library is a good place to start. They have low expectations. I love the library. Also church. Both have to take you in.

Life is brutal, but it’s also beautiful. Life is Brutiful.

All of my wisdom, all of my love, originated in the messiest parts of my life.

Every girl must decide whether to be true to herself or true to the world. Every girl must decide whether to settle for adoration or fight for love.

It’s ok to feel too much and know too little.

He is human. I hadn’t wanted him to be human. I had wanted him to be perfect and golden – steady and solid, simple and strong – so that I could be messy, complicated, and weak. But we are each all of those things.

The water is speaking in a language I knew before the world taught me its language. I lie there and I let the sound of the surf massage my soul fo two hours. I let it speak to me and I do not speak back. I just receive. I understand with great gratitude that i could rest here forever, offer the sea nothing in return, and it would never stop speaking to me. The surf is gentle and selfless and steady. This is not a transaction, it is a gift.

I’ve only begun the work that needs to be done here. Not yet, the voice says. Not yet. See this through. Unbecome, Glennon. Unbecome until you uncover who you really are.

Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways.