Softness

I’d like to imagine a space where time is treated like we are gardens rather than machines - where time is attuned to our individual needs and given consistently, given softly, given with care.

Gentleness has become such a rare thing that when you’re in the presence of someone gentle it feels “undeserved”. Gentleness is the temperature of the human soul. Harshness or detachment are easy to do, which is why many don’t bother cultivating the strength needed for softness.

~15 years of inner work and the key learning seems to be, ‘find a way to soften and relax’