Take Up Space

The best advice I could give any young woman is not to wish yourself smaller. You must take up space in this world - how else will you make the impact you were born to? Don't wish yourself less, either: you are loud, you are passionate, you are messy, and that's a beautiful thing to behold. The world needs you to be big. The world needs you to be bold. The world cries for you to break and rebuild without shame and stop apologizing for everything you're not. You must take up space in this world. Don't shrink. Never shrink.

—Donna Ashworth