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Happy I’m reading a story. Quite the story so far, love that it’s in ct involved me in my life respects my nostalgia

Absolutely engrossed already can’t wait to read more about my heart

The audre lorde chapter was incredible. About being a woman specifically black woman with cancer and concerns about her life in general wow

Books getting better n better rn. Life is just moments no matter how many epoepk say to enjoy it rn the moments ends it passes “but I felt joy. This is joy” idk I liked that. Amongst other things. Interesting book

Reading it again. Excited in need of it. You can only give what you have - Leo Buscalgia on being a loving person means you must love yourself!

I don’t think I want to be controlled anymore let’s do everything one can to get that back with joy in my heart and a steady peace

I like the “he who seeketh findeth. Knock and it shall be open quote.
He’s extremely repetitive.
Talking about examining your thoughts for h th e better. And to think good thoughts

Very interesting…incredibly off putting but I’m curious of this man thinks. I wanted to read a book where lustful observations are had because that’s so incredibly human. I don’t like anything he says that degrading about woman like it feel clear to me he doesn’t se woman as his equal and that’s unsettling lol but I’m curious o about hai perspectives aabat desires and he has many of those

I am free!

Sometimes this book hits but sometimes it is. Boring just read the Florence chapter beautiful haunting. I’d like dolly to go deeper this book is a little surface level for the content the truths revelations she’s walked away with don’t hit me as hard as I’d like. It’s taken me a while to read

This book is so perfect that Kathleen’s ability to articulate so precisely how it feels to be black, especially a black woman is her weakest quality

I want it to get deeper

I don’t relate to her teenage yes the careless drinking at all. I wish I did. Very different upbringings I wish I got to be that free at that age I was so strict and felt so constricted my goodness. Literal opposites. I did relate to wanting to just “grow up” have “your own” everything and how she wasn’t fit to be a teenager and kind of hated it-I did too. Felt like I didn’t live those years right

I really really don’t get the absolute hype around this book. It’s uh, it’s not doing it for me . There are moments that are so poignant here reglections cut so deep and are so unique and stark but that happens every 40-60 page the rest feels like sometimes very -interesting world building or just blasé filler commentary 🤷🏾‍♀️

She with Sam Shepard I like how they met that’s cool. I love that moment she had with jimmy Hendrix right before he passed- “ I want all the Mahican’s in one rooms an we naur make noise until it become some big symphony.”

Sometimes enjoyable sometimes boring still. They’ve left the Chelsea hotel. I love reading about who Patti bumps into her getting her androgynous haircut and not knowing it was so interesting me. Don’t underestimate the power of a haircut fortunately but also fortunately why do we all care so much. But yea I get treated soooo differently depending on my hair too. Also the guy asking for her to write? Interesting

It’s really good my pain came back in my head my headaches have come back after being better after a week and I find myself getting sad and fustateted to the point where is hard to even cry. But I’m going to try again ofc. Resilience means literally less fear. It’s not easy but it is simple, I gotta accept this thing. I can and will be pain free achieving my dreams

It’s helping me so much but it’s so interesting I feel this sense of shame that I’m expediting chronic pain like it makes me Uber abnormal and inconsequentially unattractive. The fact that I believe this lie is heartbreaking to me, I’m working on not believing it. But I even notice how hard it is for me to let people read the title
Of the book in public like I don’t want them to see I’m reading this book

There are so many “last words” I just want to finish the book to say I’ve finished this book. But she has an addendum, notes, bibliography then acknowledgments. I just finished the addendum, I like how she said this is your process it’s very personalized, take your time to the book. And it was affirming to read about her process writing this book. It’s a book it’s a Bible it should be read-read. Grateful.

“Woooootheisooooool? Woooooooootheisoooool? Where is the soul? Where is the soul” just finished the wolves eyelash chapter where she encourages you to go out to the woods or your life will never begin there’s this quote from the wolf poem where the girls family tried to keep her from going out into the woods so they said ‘say as I want you to say and remain as unwritten upon as the day you came’ nuff said

Me to not be so hard on myself or honestly hard on myself AT alll life is already hard enough

Hi I am quite literally addicted to this book did I mention I already am feeling better (not completly pain free) but it takes time. To know and believe there is nothing wrong with you, that’s where I am at and what I’m working on and it’s liberating. I just keep picking it up to read when it’s super late lol it’s 2AM rn I also like this book because it really puts it all into perspective and encourages…

“It’s the way you react to this pain that’s important”
Don’t fear the pain that feeds into the cycle of neuroplastic pain
Very interesting how fear feeds the neuropaldtic pain. I feel so seen by this book

Mm so good I’m noticing I’m feeling less pain I’m grateful yes journee that’s ok to say.

I’m finding it hard to read it maybe cause the text is so small idk I love it tho. I’m at the seventh stage to psyche development. I’m just having eye pain and a slight headache rn as I’m ok the train so I felt like I couldn’t read or really retain info. But that part when she was like your hands will grow back when you reach out to save your inner child and that becomes your biggest concern. No distracting

It’s boring but I could appreciate her oberservations more? I don’t know I don’t resonate

Y’know it’s kinda boring right now ngl. They’re at the chelwsea still the observations once again aren’t hitting for me. How did seeing that piece of art of going that place affect you, when we that’s said it hits but she’s just observering to observe it feels - and ofc that’s ok but not an enjoyable read right this moment