relationship with self

Whatever emotion you try to avoid, you end up inviting into your life - in the exact way you try to avoid it.

Judging people for conformity shows your lack of compassion and gives it away that you were just like them not too long ago.

We're only really bothered by people who remind us of our recent selves. Just like teenagers can't stand kids and teenagers appear cringe to adults.

A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense.

— Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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