I'm a woman in search on an adventure
Alice SteinbachHis presence made me feel self-concious: of my appearance, of the way I was sitting, of my movements and gestures...It was the behavior of a woman reacting to a man who attracts her.
Alice SteinbachMaybe it was I who needed to learn how to be quiet instead of cluttering the moment with too many words.
Alice SteinbachIn many ways I was an independent woman. For years I'd made my own choices, paid my own bills, shoveled my own snow.
Alice SteinbachLife is like that I thought, as I turned the corner to my building. Freedom has its danger as well as its joys. And the sooner we learn to get up after a fall, the better off will be.
Alice SteinbachI suspected, however, that I wasn't homesick for anything I would find at home when I returned. The longing was for what I wouldn't find: the past and all the people and places there were lost to me.
Alice SteinbachAnd who's to say that just because something lasts only a short time, it has little value?
Alice SteinbachFreedom has its dangers as well as its joys. And the sooner we learn to get up after a fall, the better off we'll be.
Alice SteinbachTags: inspirational profound
As I set out each day, I felt like a young child again. One who hadn't yet learned the rules of manmade time; the rules of clocks and calendars, of weekdays and weekends. Except the primitive markers of day and night, time lay ahead of me in a continuous, undefined mass.
Alice SteinbachTags: time life-lessons travelling
Being a student meant always looking up to someone wiser and always measuring yourself against that wisdom and knowledge.
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