A woman who meets herself is ungovernable. She doesn’t need saving. She starts changing things. Without that inner compass, people get blown around like leaves in the fall. Jailbirds in Flight, Nicole Daedone, p. 273.

Mastering the powers of an elder is a process that takes place slowly over years at the harsh school of life where the storms of trials and tribulations, of pain and suffering solidify and make sacred the mind, the body, and the soul of the person. - Malidoma Patrice Some, Wisdom of Africa.