Grief wasn’t a problem to be solved, Francis said, it was an experience to be witnessed. If a grieving person didn’t have a witness—if he grieved privately—he risked depression. If he didn’t grieve enough, he risked suppression. Both of
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“When all is said and done I think the story tells us that hope is the heroes domain, not the fools. Because we dare to hope, even when doing so might undo us. We leave the worlds we create behind us, swirling in our wakes, eternal and effervescent with the beauty of our aspirations.”
― The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
― The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
“Psychological research shows that when we invest, as Divya did, in different sides of ourselves, we’re better at dealing with setbacks. In contrast, the more we let one part of who we are define us, the less resilient we are to change.”
― The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
― The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
“Critiquing racism is not activism. Changing minds is not activism. An activist produces power and policy change, not mental change. If a person has no record of power or policy change, then that person is not an activist.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“The good news is that racist and antiracist are not fixed identities. We can be a racist one minute and an antiracist the next. What we say about race, what we do about race, in each moment, determines what -- not who -- we are.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“I'm just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us. And I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger: I like you just the way you are. And what's more, I'm so grateful to you for helping the children in your life to know that you'll do everything you can to keep them safe and to help them express their feelings in ways that will bring healing in many different neighborhoods. It's such a good feeling to know that we're lifelong friends. -Fred Rogers”
― Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: A Visual History
― Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: A Visual History
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