💠Things to return to

Pain is not tragic. Pain is magic. Suffering is tragic. Suffering is what happens when we avoid pain and consequently miss our becoming.
Glennon Doyle • Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living: THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Seriousness saddles the work with a burden. It misses the playful side of being human. The chaotic exuberance of being present in the world. The lightness of pure enjoyment for enjoyment’s sake.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The most terrible and beautiful and interesting things happen in a life. For some of you, those things have already happened. Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.
Cheryl Strayed • Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
And when we consistently recognize our frailty, we don’t expect a linear path, nor do we put too much of our value into something that can disappear.
Substack • Age-Fluidity
I understand now that no one else in the world knows what I should do. The experts don’t know, the ministers, the therapists, the magazines, the authors, my parents, my friends, they don’t know. Not even the folks who love me the most. Because no one has ever lived or will ever live this life I am attempting to live, with my gifts and challenges an
... See moreGlennon Doyle • Untamed
Maria Popova • Losing Love, Finding Love, and Living with the Fragility of It All
