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“...grief looks like nothing from the outside, it looks like surrender, but in fact it is the most terrible
struggle. It is friction. It is a spiritual grinding, and who's to say it cannot produce a spark and heat that, given fuel could burn a good man to the ground.”
― Bowlaway
struggle. It is friction. It is a spiritual grinding, and who's to say it cannot produce a spark and heat that, given fuel could burn a good man to the ground.”
― Bowlaway
“Sometimes being real means allowing pain or accepting a painful truth. Yet something in us aligns with an inner ground of authenticity when we are real. We love it because of its inherent rightness in our soul, the sense of “Aha, here I am and there is nothing to do but be.”
― The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature through the Practice of Presence
― The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature through the Practice of Presence
“But what if I did tell people exactly what was going on? What if I valued my own peace of mind more than what other people think of me? Would I end up jobless, friendless, and loveless? Would I vanish entirely?”
― So Sad Today: Personal Essays
― So Sad Today: Personal Essays
Breathing Lessons
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Free Love by the wonderful Tessa Hadley
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