The Right Way to Pull a Weed
Recovery is a salvage operation. We are actually recovering our lost self: disowned and fragmented parts of our being. In order to become whole, we need to integrate all aspects of our self.
Allen Berger • 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery: Avoiding Relapse through Self-Awareness and Right Action
According to Buddhist principles, in seeing ourselves, our emotions and thoughts, exactly as they are right now, and in not trying to make them go away or improve or change them, we have the opportunity to befriend ourselves and cease suffering. This no-escape witnessing, when we can do it with “precision and gentleness” (the gentleness is key),
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growth feels uncomfortable because you've outgrown the old ways of being within yourself, and the new ways of being still aren't familiar so they feel unsafe. at the same time, there are parts of your old self that you miss, but also fear of a new chapter because you've never done it before.
i know that once this period of distress is over, good
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