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“I admire strength but I fall in love with vulnerability.
I admire strong people. People who stand for what they believe ,
people who are not easily moved by temptations, people who fight their own feelings for their values,
but succumb to a mere thought of pain to others.
But I absolutely fall in love with them when even for a minute they give away,
they break down and cry, the heart takes over,
in that moment they are most human,
in that moment they take my heart away.”
― Uns
I admire strong people. People who stand for what they believe ,
people who are not easily moved by temptations, people who fight their own feelings for their values,
but succumb to a mere thought of pain to others.
But I absolutely fall in love with them when even for a minute they give away,
they break down and cry, the heart takes over,
in that moment they are most human,
in that moment they take my heart away.”
― Uns
“Once people see you cry, it's like they own part of you. It's like you ripped a hole in yourself, and they saw through whatever armor you had on, got a good long view of all the screaming alien goop underneath.”
― A Drop of Night
― A Drop of Night
“The biggest blocker to happiness is "the fear of vulnerability". Happiness cannot enter a caged heart.”
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“When I'm triggered, I think, "This will last forever" or "What if this lasts forever?" I get thoughts about how I should give up, run away, hide, protect myself. These thoughts, I cannot change. What I can change is how I respond to them. Will I unconditionally believe these ideas, or will I accept them as side effects of the temporary experience of pain? Will I act on each thought that arises in the burning fire, or will I hold myself gently and say, "It'll be okay. I know it hurts. I love you"? My power lies in these choices.”
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“When you come out of the grips of a depression there is an incredible relief, but not one you feel allowed to celebrate. Instead, the feeling of victory is replaced with anxiety that it will happen again, and with shame and vulnerability when you see how your illness affected your family, your work, everything left untouched while you struggled to survive. We come back to life thinner, paler, weaker … but as survivors. Survivors who don’t get pats on the back from coworkers who congratulate them on making it. Survivors who wake to more work than before because their friends and family are exhausted from helping them fight a battle they may not even understand. I hope to one day see a sea of people all wearing silver ribbons as a sign that they understand the secret battle, and as a celebration of the victories made each day as we individually pull ourselves up out of our foxholes to see our scars heal, and to remember what the sun looks like.”
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
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