Margarida Crespo’s Reviews > Are You Mad at Me? > Status Update

“Yet despite our different backgrounds and circumstances, the emotions we tend to hide away from the world are what connect us the most.”

“Returning to that younger version of myself who’s been here all along but just needed to know it was safe to come out again”

“Knowing ourselves doesn’t mean we must be attached to who we think we are in this moment”

“Life is not a problem to be solved or figured out; it’s meant to be experienced”

“There’s nothing truer about being alive than the impermanent nature of absolutely everything”

“You are allowed to feel an emotion when something is hurtful, and that emotion is valid. You’re a human, not a lifeless slab of flesh”

There's simplicity in cutting out the noise of what you're "supposed to do" and focusing first on slowing down and listening for what you need.

“Healing our own trauma is always possible; in doing so, we’re breaking the cycle of generations of trauma”