Jori Kandra’s Reviews > Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches > Status Update

“Sometimes, we find our gifts in times of great duress, like pinecones in a forest fire, releasing seeds.”

“… shame and guilt festering in the lower part of our minds, like Gollum at the root of the Misty Mountain. These bottom-feeder emotions slither around in the fight-or-flight space rather than… the “Top of Mind” [neocortex]… Rather than feeling bad (shame and guilt) maybe it’s more about shifting your perspective… ‘That was then, but what is now? What next?”