“If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago...”
― There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate
― There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate
“[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.”
― The Anatomy of Melancholy
― The Anatomy of Melancholy
“You don't have to experience grief, but you can only avoid it by avoiding love. Love and grief are inextricably intertwined.”
― Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
― Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
“After all my years working with the dying and the grieving, I have found that in this lifetime, the ultimate meaning we find is in everyone we have loved. Your loved one’s story is over. For unknown reasons, their time on earth has drawn to a close, but yours continues. I can only invite you to be curious about the rest of the story of your life.”
― Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
― Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
“Healing doesn’t mean the loss didn’t happen. It means that it no longer controls us.”
― Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
― Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
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