Florencia Mur

“The key to happiness - or that even more desired thing, calmness - lies not in always thinking happy thoughts. No. That is impossible. No mind on earth with any kind of intelligence could spend a lifetime enjoying only happy thoughts. They key is in accepting your thoughts, all of them, even the bad ones. Accept thoughts, but don't become them.
Understand, for instance, that having a sad thought, even having a continual succession of sad thoughts, is not the same as being a sad person.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

“The worst of depression lies in a present moment that cannot escape the past it idealizes or deplores.”
― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon

“Mi manera de definir el amor entre dos amigos, el amor entre dos hermanos, el amor entre padres e hijos, el amor en una pareja, el amor:
Quiero que me oigas sin juzgarme.
Quiero que opines sin aconsejarme.
Quiero que confíes en mí sin exigirme.
Quiero que me ayudes sin intentar decidir por mí.
Quiero que me cuides sin anularme.
Quiero que me mires sin proyectar tus cosas en mí.
Quiero que me abraces sin asfixiarme.
Quiero que me animes sin empujarme.
Quiero que me sostengas sin hacerte cargo de mí.
Quiero que me protejas sin mentiras.
Quiero que te acerques sin invadirme.
Quiero que conozcas las cosas mías que más te disgusten.
Quiero que las aceptes y no pretendas cambiarlas.
Quiero que sepas que hoy contás conmigo...
Sin condiciones.”
― Jorge Bucay, Cartas para Claudia

“THE WORLD IS increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind. To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive