There was so much filth to clean up; so many broken pieces to fix; so many errors to correct. Every morning she left her house she let out a quiet sigh, as if in one breath she could will away detritus of the previous day.-- Three Daughters of Eve Elif Shafak
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Rosa Parks, one of the most influential civil rights leaders of the twentieth century, said “I was tired of cleaning the house, of sweeping and dusting and mending, and I just couldn’t do it anymore.” She was tired of cleaning. Rosa Parks wasn’t talking about a house in need of cleaning, she was talking about her entire life. She had so much to do and so many things to worry about that she just could not keep up with everything. As much as we would like to be perfect and skip all our mistakes, we can only do so much. There is no way we can fix all the broken pieces and errors we make every day.

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