Sunaina

“Our refuge is being exactly where we are - not dramatizing problems by replaying them in our heads, telling stories to our friends, eliciting sympathy and convincing ourselves that this is a very big deal. Our refuge is in the stillness of being the compassionate witness to our panic and fear - not judging it as good or bad, just accepting the what is of the moment.”
― Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Dated: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path

“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
― Maurice Sendak

“Staying loyal to your journey means you never abandon yourself by compromising your integrity or discounting your intuition or the signals that come from your body—the knot in the gut, emotional detachment, or loss of energy that signals something is amiss.”
― Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Dated: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path

“Because the sunset, like survival, exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous