Relationship with self
Poet Mary Oliver on allowing yourself to be happy and full: "If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. ...whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb."
My therapist told me this, and it changed my life:
"You're not healing to be able to handle trauma, pain, anxiety, depression. You're used to those.
You're healing to be able to handle joy and to accept happiness back into your life."
Quiet Wisdomsubstack.com
GK Chesterton
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. —Meditations 5.16
I aspire to Isak Dinesen’s way: work a little every day, without hope and without despair. What a way to live! To make! To be!