vulnerability
let go of control
vulnerability
Most people don’t need more willpower. They need help disarming survival mode.
Jung teaches that the psyche’s first task is survival.
The soul’s task is wholeness. And the longer we are forced to survive, the more the unlived life goes underground.
The wild self doesn’t... See more
instagram.comThe paradox is that it takes discipline to stay open. Detachment is the easy reflex, like closing a window at the first sign of rain; it costs nothing once the latch is turned. Remaining receptive requires stamina, you must let experiences in without letting them wash you away, stay permeable enough to feel yet solid enough not to dissolve at every... See more
Romanticism Is Not A Weakness
Fernando Pessoa, from The Book of Disquiet
Loneliness isn’t the physical absence of other people, he said—it’s the sense that you’re not sharing anything that matters with anyone else.
Johann Hari • Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
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.