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Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults QUOTES

1 " If we remain positive and accept what is, if we tend to pay attention to the beauty of the practice but not examine the insides, we will be less likely to give ourselves the benefit of the doubt, and we will forgo the potential beauty of our birth culture, and if we forgo the potential of our birth culture, it's harder to see the beauty within ourselves. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

2 " Don't let authorities claim you're not qualified. If your soul wants to speak truth to power, you will feel curious. Your inner self will urge and pull you forth. That's your spirit talking. That's your human will, walking. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

3 " Yes, we've given them the benefit of the doubt. But, isn't it time (for once in our lives) to give ourselves the benefit of the doubt? "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

4 " There comes a point in time when we must acknowledge that we are more than our nationality, and we are bigger than our ethnicity. There comes a time when we have an aha moment. What is that aha moment? It's sort of like a revelation. A revelation is when we put all the pieces together to see the bigger picture. When we see the bigger picture, we can see ourselves through the realm of reality and truth. The truth is we belong to a blood family that is connected to a tribal community, and this community is big and bright and bold with life, and we should be proud of the ties to blood that each of us has. We should not play small and reduce our human nature—for we are all connected. We belong to something bigger and more expansive. We belong to life itself. Always remember that you are more than an American (as wonderfully dramatic as that can be). Together, we make up the collective of great. ...And this is good. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

5 " It's easy to side with the top dogs? But, we gain credit/karma points for siding with the poor. And just because some of us are poor, does not mean we are poor in spirit. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

6 " There are people who need our stories. These individuals are just hidden from our view. We need to put ourselves out there because maybe our stories will validate theirs. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

7 " Don't be afraid to speak out. Your human rights story could be the inspiration that opens the window to someone else's awakening. Let's draw open the curtains together. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

8 " Why should we be receptive to the ups and downs of multiple adoption stories? When we allow the elite 1% to speak for us, they will share from their perspective, and naturally, this point of view is tainted with doing whatever is possible to protect their reputation. In other words, I've learned that what pro-adoption lobbyists claim to be "in the best interest of the child" is truly not always in the best interest of the child. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

9 " If you're adopted, you have rights. We tend not to share our stories because we've been taught that whatever problems we encounter are our fault. We've been the scapegoats for the 1%. If we want to flip the script, then we must share our stories and listen to others outside the scope of what was traditionally acceptable. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

10 " We have a right to write our own script even if it disagrees with those who planted us where we are. In fact, if we do not share our personal stories, they will eventually be forgotten or told by someone else. See, I believe our soul wants the life of us to be remembered by at least one, or two, maybe more. In order for people like us to obtain social equality, we need to fill the worldwide web with realistic adoption stories—stories that can convince the mainstream that we should have access to personal documents that pertain to us, birth certificates, and papers that reveal our true identities. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults

11 " If we're not enough without it, we'll never be enough with it. "

― Janine Myung Ja , Adoption Stories: Excerpts from Adoption Books for Adults