The daily life into which people are born, and into which they are absorbed before they are well aware, forms chains which only one in a hundred has moral strength enough to despise, and to break when the right time comes – when an inward necessity for independent individual action arises, which is superior to all outward conventionalities. Therefore it is well to know what were the chains of daily domestic habit which were the natural leading-strings of our forefathers before they learnt to go alone.
—Elizabeth Gaskell, Ruth
Powerful! Especially with that image.
Thank you, Morgan! I love it when the image and the quote click.
As this is my life’s lesson in motion.
Glad this quote found you! Becoming an individual takes a lot of courage and awareness. Best wishes.
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