One of my favorite quotes.

The only book I've ever re-read over and over again is "Kitchen Table Wisdom" by Rachel Remen. I love the stories she tells...the lessons she learned, her insights about life, loss, and about healing. It's heartwarming, touching, and thoughtful. It makes you think and forces you to reflect on your own life.

So as I was flipping through its pages on a rainy night in DC, I came across one of my favorite excerpt and decided to share it here:

"To seek approval is to have no resting place, no sanctuary. Like all judgement, approval encourages a constant striving. It makes us uncertain of who we are and of our true value. This is as true of the approval we give ourselves as it is of the approval we offer others. Approval can't be trusted. It can be withdrawn at any time no matter what our track record has been. It is as nourishing of real growth as cotton candy. Yet many of us spend our lives pursuing it."

So true.