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25 Genius Quotes That Permanently Changed The Way I Look At Life

I badly want to share them with my teenage daughter and I wish I knew them earlier in my life.

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I am venturing into new territory. My oldest daughter is in middle school. When I was her age, I didn’t enjoy being preached. That I remember.

I can’t recall what worried me the most then. So, I did the second best option — I researched what worries most teenagers:

• Anxiety about their social status as perceived by peers and by themselves.
• Struggle with body image insecurities.
• Concerns that “Nobody really understands me.”
• Fear of not pleasing their parents.
• Fear of not measuring up to their own bar.

All relatable to that age. Yet, I didn’t want to stand at a pulpit and preach. I wanted to do better.

I relate to things that I can visualize. Things that are concrete. Like most parents, I do want to share what I know in non-intrusive ways.

I have a yellow book full of notes that impact me profoundly. And most of my quotes in the notes have one thing in common — all of them are…