Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.
Interpretation
Getting sober transformed Jamie Lee Curtis's life, leading to greater self-awareness and success.
This quote by Jamie Lee Curtis encapsulates the profound impact that sobriety has on one's life. It illustrates how overcoming addiction can lead to significant personal growth, clarity in self-perception, newfound positivity, and increased success. Curtis reflects on her journey with sobriety as a catalyst for better understanding her abilities and limitations, which has enabled her to thrive both personally and professionally.
In practice
A motivational speaker discussing recovery at a community event.
Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to be great cooks, have great style, be great in bed, be the best mothers, speak seven languages, and be able to understand derivatives. And we don't really have women we're modeling after, so we're all looking for how to do this.
The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they're proud of.
~As a mom, you have to look at how much time you're spending with your kids. There is nothing you will regret more in your life - nothing - than not being present for your children.~
I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition.
I don't ever want to make taking pictures into another way of saying 'Here I am'. Because I'm as here as I want to be.
I don't think any woman wants to be known for being beautiful or busty. I think you want to be known for who you are.
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
Perhaps if we could popularise through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can change. After all it changes constantly and incessantly, it's just the perceptions that we have are governed by people with self-interest and are not inalignment with the health and safety of us as individuals or as a planet.
All significant breakthroughs are break -“withs” old ways of thinking.
You want to change your life? Control the only thing you can control: the meaning you give something.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
We are being wiped off the face of this earth _x000D_ At an extremely alarming rate _x000D_ And even more alarming is the fact _x000D_ That we are not fighting back
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