Ben Frigeri
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Ben Frigeri
"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."
The Small Bow • (1) the Strangeness of Being Strange - The Small Bow
so,
if you are too tired to speak,
sit next to me
for i, too,
am fluent in silence.
—R. Arnold
the opposite of faith isn’t doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty.
Nadia Bolz-Weber • The opposite of faith
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
The Small Bow • Interview With a 60-Year-Old Sober Person: Chris Wells
“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.