Going to yourself
Confronting trauma, pain, fears and desires and being more open with others about such things.
Going to yourself
I always want to make people smile and happy. But if I go to myself, which inside is hurt and pain… I don’t want them to see that. I don’t want them to feel sad.
Clyde Gaskins
waking up really happy and then an hour later being in a terribly sad place is pretty much the norm for me. I find that the essence of being an adult is trying to conceal that.
Mike Skinner • The Story of The Streets
what he discovered was that, in finally allowing himself to feel weak and helpless—totally helpless—he felt less helpless and more in control than ever. Strength is not the opposite of weakness. Real strength lies in the total embrace of weakness.
Jeff Foster • The Deepest Acceptance
Another misconception about strength is it’s permanence. Life, in itself, isn’t constant. Moreover, the circumstances that call for strength are transient too. A person who has been emotionally strong in one situation could be extremely fragile in another situation. Isn’t it unfair on our part to make the assumption that strength is a state of mind... See more
Tahira Tahir • Strength is overrated
Another capture from this blog post, but there’s just a lot here I relate to and I’d love to unpack.
Strength is overrated. Emotional strength is often a… | by Tahira Tahir | Medium
Can you be a designer or marketer in today’s economy and offer services that are unattached to money, that don’t promise a major financial benefit?
How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. And how ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us are the very ones that can break us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.
Elizabeth Lesser • Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
Is it because change appears to threaten our survival?
What looks like weakness is actually where your strength lies. And what looks like strength is often weakness, an attempt to cover up fear; this is an act or a facade, however convincing it might appear to others or even to yourself.
Jon Kabat-Zinn • Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Not sure if I agree, but interesting perspective