Broken Families Quotes

“There is no such thing as a" broken family. "Family is family, and is not determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents. Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. If you make those ties, those people are your family. And if you hate those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate will always be with you.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Never presume to know a person based on the one dimensional window of the internet. A soul can’t be defined by critics, enemies or broken ties with family or friends. Neither can it be explained by posts or blogs that lack facial expressions, tone or insight into the person’s personality and intent. Until people “get that”, we will forever be a society that thinks Beautiful Mind was a spy movie and every stranger is really a friend on Facebook.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Adults who were hurt as children inevitably exhibit a peculiar strength, a profound inner wisdom, and a remarkable creativity and insight. Deep within them - just beneath the wound - lies a profound spiritual vitality, a quiet knowing, a way of perceiving what is beautiful, right, and true. Since their early experiences were so dark and painful, they have spent much of their lives in search of the gentleness, love, and peace they have only imagined in the privacy of their own hearts.”
― Wayne Muller, Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood

“Sometimes the best families are the ones God builds using unexpected pieces of our hearts.”
― Melanie Shankle

“Wisdom starts when you know yourself. You will realise that everything aligns itself perfectly when you live your truth, break limiting habits and challenge yourself daily.”
― Itayi Garande

“Too many children have suffered. Too many families have been broken. Too many girls have grown up alone. Or not at all. I won’t let them ruin anyone else.”
― K.A. Wiggins, Blind the Eyes

“A newspaper article that I read recently concluded that people are dying because of what they are eating. This article was talking about diets. Some inner voice inside me said even more people are dying because of what is eating them – the toxic relationships that they are keeping and the family problems that they are not resolving.”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“Living your dreams, changing your behaviours and overcoming negative habits is challenging. However, when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“You acquire a higher level of consciousness that helps your find your true purpose and resolve your family problems by letting go of negative programming, raising your level of self-esteem, becoming more assertive, and creating more love, trust, and enjoyment in your life.”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“You are on earth to express greatness in your form, not anyone else’s. You are born for a reason. You have to find out what that reason is. This is not easy because you have to dig deep into your mind and soul to know your true purpose. Sometimes that creates a misalignment with those you love”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“We all have a capacity to resurrect ourselves, resurrect our dreams, find our true purpose and create harmony with our family members. Be willing to learn, to reach out to someone who can help you. Be willing to find someone to hold your hand, to take you to the next stage.”
― Itayi Garande

“The number one skill we can ever acquire is the ability to use our mind to create possibilities for our lives, and to resolve problems. This is very important because without the control of our mind, we follow other people’s minds and actions, and not ours. Then we fall and we fail.”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“Do not be waylaid by a toxic family Whatsapp group. You fought hard to emerge as your own person in real life. Do not succumb to this new medium that replicates all the sad, toxic hierarchies of broken families. Walk out. Do it now.”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“A conscience that is forbidden to operate in the choice of goals for economic activity is not conscience in the sense in which any moralist, pagan or Christian, has every understood the term. And the family (which [Michael] Novak regards as vital to the spirit of democratic capitalism) is precisely the place where the noncapitalist values have to be learned, where one is not free to choose his company and where one is not free to pursue self-interest to the limit. Because capitalism pursues the opposite goals - freedom of each individual to choose and pursue his own ends to the limit of his power - the disintegration of marriage and family life is one of the obvious characteristics of advanced capitalist societies.”
― Lesslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture

“What is it about me that gets them all crying? It’s not the end of the world.”
― Diane Samuels, Kindertransport: A Drama

“Everyone has a paradigm that defines his or her reality. This paradigm is created, largely, by society. So it is limited because it does not include our mind and soul’s desires.”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“The mind is rich with possibilities for fulfilment, but you decide to dwell on the limited horizons and paradigms that you are used to, the societal imprint. You do not tap into exactly what your mind and your soul wants, so you live the life that is imposed on you, not the life that you are meant to live. You live the life of pleasing others, life of seeking acceptance not fulfilment.”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“Christina died of a stroke in the fall of 1971, at the age of sixty-one.
June watched the nurses take her mother's body away. Standing there in the hospital, June felt like she'd been caught in an undertow.
How had she ended up here?
One woman all alone, with four kids, and a restaurant she had never wanted.
The day after the funeral, June took the kids to school. She dropped Kit off at the elementary building and then drove Nina, Jay, and Hud to junior high.
When they pulled into the drop-off circle, Jay and Hud took off. But Nina turned back, put her hand on the door handle, and looked at her mother.
'Are you sure you're OK?' Nina asked. 'I could stay home. Help you at the restaurant.'
'No, honey,' June said, taking her daughter's hand. 'If you feel up for going to school, then that's where you should be.'
'OK,' Nina said. 'But if you need me, come get me.'
'How about we think of it the other way around?' June said, smiling. 'If you need me, have the office call me.'
Nina smiled. 'OK'
June felt herself about to cry and so she put her sunglasses over her eyes and pulled out of the parking lot. She drove, with the window down, to Pacific Fish. She pulled in and put on the parking brake. She took a deep breath. She got out of the car and stood there, staring up at the restaurant with a sense of all that she had inherited. It was hers now, whatever that meant.
She lit a cigarette.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Sign of an abusive system: getting angry at other's real needs.”
― Jeff VanVonderen, Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The

“Before I was born my father disowned me. You know those ones who get the females pregnant, and then say the baby is not theirs? He rejected me, told my mother that I am not his child, so I never had a relationship with my father. Shelton ‘Apples’ Burrows reform gang leader”
― Drexel Deal, The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father

“stats say relationships decline when a baby’s in the picture
but the truth is,
if the camera doesn’t take good pictures now,
the pictures will always be bad quality,
no matter the lighting,
no matter the scenery

don’t take my word for it
look at the iphone adverts”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“Fear is simply an unpleasant fact, and should never be a barrier to success.”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“Oftentimes we try to change the world around us, our family members and our friends, while remaining the same. That is impossible. Sometimes we feel like we are making progress, expanding our horizons and our awareness, but with no real change in our lives.”
― Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

“Family grudges are a complex web of emotions and history. Within the complex dynamics of such conflicts, they expect us to treat them with the utmost respect, yet they openly display disdain and disrespect for the people who hold the most significant place in our hearts. Respect is a reflection of our shared humanity. Respect can bridge the divide, but in the presence of family grudges, it's a bridge that's often broken on both sides.”
― Carson Anekeya

“Abandon the notion of entertaining toxic individuals, banking on the possibility that they might be your saviors in an unforeseeable future; under the pretense of an uncertain tomorrow. Tomorrow is merely an extension of today; don't hesitate to break free from toxic bonds.”
― Carson Anekeya

“Life is fleeting, and we have limited chances to make our mark; we don't get a chance to do many things. We must seize every opportunity to excel, for our choices define our legacy. Life is a delicate dance of moments, we all strive to shape our story for eternity.”
― Carson Anekeya

“The lens of Pessimism ethics; pierces the illusions of optimism, reminds us that pain and evil are not mere outliers but prevailing forces in the world we inhabit. We confront the uncomfortable truth that pain and evil often take center stage in the human experience.”
― Carson Anekeya

“Our innate wiring, our brains are wired to crave for connections & relationships, but trauma; past experiences, rewires them for protection, self-preservation. Thus maintaining healthy relationships can be a formidable challenge for those carrying the scars of past wounds.”
― Carson Anekeya

“Sometimes we commit to things, we make promises, but situations don't align in our favor. The timing of promises isn't always in our control. This doesn't imply a lack of commitment; perhaps in future circumstances will eventually work out someday
#DelayedPromises”
― Carson Anekeya

“Distinguish between those who share your blood and those who share your vision; one is bound by Biology, the other by shared purpose. The line between relatives and your people is not drawn by Genetics but by the depth of emotional connection & the commonality of aspirations...”
― Carson Anekeya