Balance and Conflict

Quotes for thoughts:

There’s just something really wrong with me. I want to change, but I – I can’t. And I just know I’ll never fit in anywhere.  – Jo March

Late at night my mind would come alive with voices and stories and friends as dear to me as any in the real world. I gave myself up to it, longing for transformation. – Jo March

Jo, there is more to you than this. If you have the courage to write it.
- Friedrich Bhaer 

You must write from life, from the depths of your soul! - Friedrich Bhaer 

Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You’re ready to go out and – and find a good use for your talent. Tho’ I don’t know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it. – Marmee March

If God wants me with Him, there is none who will stop Him. I don’t mind. I was never like the rest of you… making plans about the great things I’d do. I never saw myself as anything much. Not a great writer like you. – Beth March

Little Women, one of the story I return again and again to soak in its goodness and inspiration.

Jo, just like Jo. Restless, idealistic and stubborn. Not entirely docile for there’s a temper hidden within her. A temper that if pushed at the right direction, may yield much good. Alas, she has the fear of Beth – never daring to venture beyond one’s comfort zone. So, there exists the ever battle within her – seemingly opposites in nature. Yet in the story, different as they are, there exists a deep bond and friendship between Jo and Beth. If only one could draw a balance between the 2…to leverage the strengths of both…

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