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> [ “I'd been drowning, \[...\] I'd been flailing on the surface. But what I really needed to do to save myself was let myself sink. It struck me that this is why we say to people, "Calm down." Because beneath the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/i-d-been-drowning-i-d-been-flailing-on-the-surface-but-what-i-really/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

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## More by Glennon Doyle

> [“My way of life is to dare to imagine the truest, most beautiful life, family and world - and to then conjure up the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/my-way-of-life-is-to-dare-to-imagine-the-truest-most-beautiful-life/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“The opposite sensitive is not brave. It's not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/the-opposite-sensitive-is-not-brave-it-s-not-brave-to-refuse-to-pay/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“I surrendered myself to the cages of others' expectations, cultural mandates and institutional allegiances. Until I buried who I was in order to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/i-surrendered-myself-to-the-cages-of-others-expectations-cultural/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“We can make our own normal. We can throw out all the rules and write our own. We can build our lives from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/we-can-make-our-own-normal-we-can-throw-out-all-the-rules-and-write/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“Our beliefs determine how we experience the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/our-beliefs-determine-how-we-experience-the-world/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [ “I'd been drowning, \[...\] I'd been flailing on the surface. But what I really needed to do to save myself was let myself sink.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/i-d-been-drowning-i-d-been-flailing-on-the-surface-but-what-i-really/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [ “\[...\] I began allowing my feelings to disturb me. This was scary, because I had always assumed my feelings were so big and powerful… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/i-began-allowing-my-feelings-to-disturb-me-this-was-scary-because-i/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“I was amazed at how easy this was. I was filled with electric thunder, simmering water, fiery red and gold, but all I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/i-was-amazed-at-how-easy-this-was-i-was-filled-with-electric-thunder/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“I am a human being, meant to be in perpetual becoming. My goal is not to remain the same but to live in such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/i-am-a-human-being-meant-to-be-in-perpetual-becoming-my-goal-is-not/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [ “\[Whenever we wonder\] 'What should I do', instead of asking ourselves what's right or wrong, we must ask ourselves: \[...\] What is the truest,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/whenever-we-wonder-what-should-i-do-instead-of-asking-ourselves-what/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“Control leaves no room for trust.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/control-leaves-no-room-for-trust/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [ “\[When I meditate,\] there in the deep, I could sense something circulating inside me. It was a Knowing. I can know things down at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/when-i-meditate-there-in-the-deep-i-could-sense-something-circulating/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“What is the truest, most beautiful story about your life you can imagine?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/what-is-the-truest-most-beautiful-story-about-your-life-you-can/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“What is better: uncomfortable truth or comfortable lies? Every truth is a kindness, even if it makes others uncomfortable. Every untruth is an unkindness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/what-is-better-uncomfortable-truth-or-comfortable-lies-every-truth-is/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

> [“The truest, most beautiful life never promises to be an easy one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/the-truest-most-beautiful-life-never-promises-to-be-an-easy-one/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

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