Privileged Petal

Life works in funny ways. Just when you think you’ve got things figured out, just when it seems like everything is going according to plan… that’s when something happens. Something small. Something big. Something that makes us realise we aren’t in control and never were. Something that lands at our feet and leaves us speechless and unsure of where to turn and what to do. Something that blindsides us, leaving us gasping for air, no thought in our heads except “how could this be happening?” and “what do we do now?”.

The gift that life is laying for us is growth. It’s change. It’s the possibility that something good comes from pain and when the crisis hits, when our world is turned upside down, when we are afraid, will we have the strenght, the wisdom to embrace the gift that’s there and welcome it with open arms?.

—Being Erica, Baby Mama, Season 4 Episode 3  (via kittycheung)

Insecurity. It’ s in all of us. That voice inside that tells us that we can’ t do something, that we’ re not good enough, that we shoudn’ t even try. And when we listen to the voice we hold ourselves back in ways we don’ t even realise. All because we’ re scared to take a chance, to face our fears, to see what we’ re really capable of.

—Erica, S4E2, Osso Barko (via fybeingerica)