A few years ago, when I’d reached the point in the book development process when it was time to match epigraphs to chapters, I was thrilled. Every writer’s dream, right?!
Yes, I was thrilled… but also overwhelmed. With so many great lines from books that had absolutely changed my life, I wasn’t sure which to choose. Mary Oliver! Elizabeth Gilbert! Nayyirah Waheed! Glennon Doyle! Pema Chodron! Cheryl Strayed! Scott Stabile! Elena Brower! It was like standing inside a world-class ice cream shop, with thousands of flavors to pick from, but only room for two scoops on my cone. (Well, in this case, nine chapters = nine scoops but you know what I mean.)
Anyway, there was one quote I never doubted would make the cut from the moment I heard it shared in a sobriety meeting by Louise Atthey, this one from Jedidiah Jenkins ‘ book, “Like Streams to the Ocean:”
“We are waiting for permission, for examples. But what if you are the example?”
WHAT IF YOU ARE THE EXAMPLE INDEED?
What if you alone have the power to cultivate the life you most deeply want to live?
What if you – not some outside force – are the only one who can guide your spirit to freedom?
What if yours is the singular voice of validation your ears ever need to hear?
That’s the process of “You Are Not Stuck:” learning to make the soul-guided choices that only you can and, in doing so, becoming your own example.
The last pic is a list of all the epigraphs included in the book. Curious whose quote kicked things off? Guess you’ll just have to read to find out! It’s a good one! 
(And all the others mentioned earlier are included elsewhere.)
