Maybe you’re not ready either
Do you avoid people? Do you give too much? Do you build walls against intimacy?
Marie Mbouni • Healing the Five Wounds of the Heart: Free Yourself From the Bonds of the Past
the subtle posture that has taken a lot of experimentation and failure to cultivate is like
1. realize that most people won’t get you or understand or care
2. be at peace with that, not bitter or vindictive, and look past them for the “few” that get it, and care
letting go of the idea I need fixing, but also learning to recognize that sometimes under the voice that says "I need fixing" is a voice saying "I'm in pain and alone, come find me & love me" . and responding to that voice feels so different than trying to fix myself
Malcolm Ocean wants to help your courtship • Tweet
The hunger of early adulthood
It’s strange, but I know that it’s common to resist positive emotions, as well as negative ones. Ask yourself, next time you’re doing something enjoyable: are you really surrendering to the full enjoyment available here? The answer will often be no. Perhaps this has something to do with how displays of rapturous delight are often discouraged in ado... See more
Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know
We pay the high price of our own emotional freedom when we allow ourselves to be stranded by others’ temperaments and actions.