Glennon Doyle

and I am completely free—with nothing left to lose. I am also almost dead, but by God, I am safe. Take that, Life.

We can do hard things” becomes my hourly life mantra. It is my affirmation that living life on life’s own absurd terms is hard. It isn’t hard because I’m weak or flawed or because I made a wrong turn somewhere, it is hard because life is just hard for humans and I am a human who is finally doing life right.

. I say to myself every few minutes: This is hard. We can do hard things.