"If you put shame in a Petri dish, it needs three things to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in a Petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive" brene brown

A seed thrives nestled 

exposed to warmth sun and rain

does not always become a tree

A seed punched between concrete slabs

denied its own sanctuary

yet may still become a tree