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“You can’t be insulted by a skunk when it sprays you. It’s just a scared little animal that has no weapon but its stink.”
― Dean Koontz, The Friend of the Family

“People often think that mindfulness is escapism, a way to leave reality. But mindfulness is really providing us with the ability to be with reality. Mindfulness trains us to deal with what life throws at us with a sense of inner stability instead of turning away from it.”
― Meg Josephson, Are You Mad at Me?

“Healing this loss means seeing your parents objectively, realizing that their pain and emotional distance were never your fault and their patterns aren't proof that something is wrong with you. No child can be "good enough" to earn a functional childhood when their parents are in so much pain of their own and are stuck in their own unprocessed trauma. The causes and conditions that have led us here aren't our fault, but our healing is our responsibility.”
― Meg Josephson, Are You Mad at Me?

“Moving forward isn't synonymous with "getting over it" or shoving aside your emotions. It means allowing yourself to see and hold the pain in ways that you wish the other person could. It means moving forward while feeling the loss. It's not getting over the loss so that you can move forward; it's moving forward with the feeling of loss, soothing it whenever it arises.”
― Meg Josephson, Are You Mad at Me?