Sublime

I have decided that I’m ready to stop destroying myself and start creating. I have already accepted my invitation and no one will convince me again that I’m not worthy. Not ever again. I have been invited and I have said Yes.

o melhor jeito de começar a praticar a arte de amar é consigo mesma — o corpo, a mente, o coração e a alma que mais podemos conhecer e mudar.

never go back to that church, and I stop talking to anyone outside of my family about my marriage. I stop asking for advice and pretending I don’t know what to do. I do know what to do, just never more than one moment at a time. I stop explaining myself, because I learn that making decisions is never about doing the right thing or the wrong thing.

Your ‘Gloria’ lives within you. The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you.”

So what is it in a human life that creates bravery, kindness, wisdom, and resilience? What if it’s pain? What if it’s the struggle? What if I was trying to take from Amma the one thing that would make her the woman I dreamed she’d become? The bravest people I know are those who’ve walked through the fire and come out on the other side.