I want my daughter to understand what’s wrong with me and what’s right with me.
“Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive.”
― The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
― The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”
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“We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.”
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
“The reasons for depression are not so interesting as the way one handles it, simply to stay alive.”
― Journal of a Solitude
― Journal of a Solitude
“The sentence that best expresses a snail's way of life: 'The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to do it is in a place of concealment and the time to do it is as often as possible.”
― The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
― The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
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