tenderness
be gentle
tenderness
The substance that can neutralize anger is compassion. If you know how to generate the energy of compassion, it can transform your anger.
Thich Nhat Hanh • How to Fight (Mindfulness Essentials)
one of my psychology professor’s greatest hits: the closer someone is to you, the more you treat them as you treat yourself. it’s as though they eventually enter the sphere of your inner world.
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Fernando Pessoa, from The Book of Disquiet
it is a profoundly human need, this wish to be recognised in our fullness- to have someone glance beyond the curated mask and meet the soul beneath. when this happens, healing begins. connection deepens. and we start to accept ourselves not despite our flaws, but because of them.