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“All the way back from when I was a little kid, I would let myself have a good cry and then say to myself, “Okay, suck it up and keep it moving.” That approach worked for me for a long time. I couldn’t know how this only meant I stored the trauma in my body—stashed it in my mind and heart to lie in wait. Keep it moving, I said. So I moved.”
― Tina Knowles, Matriarch: A Memoir

tags: childhood, healing, mental-health

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“two people who were once very close can
without blame
or grand betrayal
become strangers.
perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world.”
― Warsan Shire

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“A perfect summer day - like this one at age five - could last you forever if you started it early enough.”
― Tina Knowles, Matriarch: A Memoir

tags: childhood, summer

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“Three in the morning is never the time to try and sort out your life.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

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“THE GUEST HOUSE This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi

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