Ben Frigeri
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Ben Frigeri
- so, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me for i, too, am fluent in silence. —R. Arnold
- "It lets me be nice to myself, cancel plans, change my mind, be tired, ask for things from other people, and know that I might have different needs from them. By that, other people have different needs from me, and I don't need to feel abandoned by them."
from (1) the Strangeness of Being Strange - The Small Bow by The Small Bow
- Have you been able to forgive yourself? To accept yourself for who you are and the choices you’ve made? And have you forgiven others for being who they are, with their limitations? Are you able to accept life as it is? Not situations that shouldn’t be tolerated, but the particular life you were given and have gone on to create? Have you been able t... See more
from Interview With a 60-Year-Old Sober Person: Chris Wells by The Small Bow
“A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living,” Virginia Woolf wrote. Nothing is more vital to the capacity for change than the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind — that stubborn refusal to ossify, the courageous willingness to outgrow your views, anneal your values, and keep clarifying your priorities.
- the opposite of faith isn’t doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty.
from The opposite of faith by Nadia Bolz-Weber
