315 Quotes by Rupi Kaur

Learning to not envysomeone else's blessings is what grace looks like

you have so muchbut are always hungry for morestop looking at everything you don't havelook around at everything you do

what terrifies me most is how wefoam at the mouth with envywhen others succeedbut sigh in reliefwhen they are failingour struggle tocelebrate each other iswhat's proven most difficultin being human

this is the recipe of lifesaid my motheras she held me in her arms as i weptthink of those flowers you plantin the garden each yearthey will teach youthat people toomust wiltfallrootrisein order to bloom

we already have the things that can complete usthey just aren’t thingsthey are peopleand laughter and connection- irreplaceable

there are years in methat have not slept

being the loudest on earth’s playgrounddoesn’t make us any more important thanthe dirt we crush beneath our feetwe are nothing except airand fire and water and soilwe are a peoplewho forget what we are made ofa people who talk about the weatheras if it’s mundane and not magicas if the oceansare not holy wateras if the skyis not a visionas if the animalsare not our siblingsas if nature is not godand rain is not god’s tearsand we are not god’s childrenas if god is not the earth itself

on days you can’t hear yourselfslow down tolet your mind and bodycatch up to each other- stillness

there is a conversationhappening inside youpay deep attentionto what your inner worldis saying