Jenny

“We pray not to recharge our batteries for the business of getting back to the concerns of daily life, but rather to be transformed by God so that the myths and fictions of our life might fall like broken shackles from our wrists. We withdraw within not to retreat from life but to retreat from the constant evasion, the constant fearsome retreat from all that is real in the eyes of God.”
― James Finley, Merton's Palace of Nowhere

“Fours are not jealous of our possessions; they long for our comfort in the world. They want the apparent ease with which other types move through life and they don't know how to have it.”
― Suzanne Stabile, The Journey Toward Wholeness: Enneagram Wisdom for Stress, Balance, and Transformation

“It can feel like Eights don’t care about us, but the fact is they simply aren’t thinking about us—they are thinking about what needs to be done next.”
― Suzanne Stabile, The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships

“Fives have a limited, measured amount of energy for every day so they are careful about what they offer to others and when. It is extremely brave of them to show up for relationships because it costs them more than any other number.”
― Suzanne Stabile, The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships