#willfulness

[mrkmciver]

#EVIL Calculated

[dramoor]

[liquidlightandrunningtrees]

I… want to inherit the witch in my women ancestors—the willfulness, the passion, ay, the passion where all good art comes from as women, the perseverance, the survivor skills, the courage, the strength of las mujeres bravas, peleoneras, necias, berrinchudas. I want to be una brava, peleonera, necia, berrinchuda. I want to be bad if bad means I must go against society—el Papá, el Pápa, the boyfriend, lover, husband, girlfriends, comadres—and listen to my own heart, that incredible witch’s broom that will take me where I need to go.

Sandra Cisneros, I Can Live Sola and I Love to Work

[ophelia-network]

Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening. I must listen to my life and try to understand what it is truly about - quite apart from what I would like it to be about - or my life will never represent anything real in the world, no matter how earnest my intentions... Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. I must listen for the truths and values at the heart of my own identity, not the standards by which I must live - but the standards by which I cannot help but live if I am living my own life. Parker J. Palmer

Confettis by Mélanie Delon

[bryantmcgill]

Willfulness is often a mindset of self-battery. It's very tricky, in that it can seem like strength when really it is just arrogance. — Bryant McGill

[jimmyslice6]

I am eating every carb I can find. I feel like shit. But I am going to continue on this carb binge.