I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.
Virginia Woolf, The Waves
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Clarissa Pinkola Estés, from “Women who Run with the Wolves,” c. 1992
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We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease.
Alain de Botton, from 'Essays in Love'
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“Go and love someone exactly as they are. then, watch how they transform into the greatest truest version of themselves. when one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.”
— Wes Angelozzi
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Strength, Tribe, and Community
Strength, Tribe, and Community
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” — Mahatma Gandhi It’s been a struggle during my husband’s deployment but I’ve found my tribe, my community, in the ladies at S.L.A.M. Sweat Like A Mother Leavenworth where I started attending classes in January, beginning and then completing the S.L.A.M. Challenge. Not only have I improved with my nutrition…
Mountains
I’ve stumbled my way through life,
making mountains out of maladies,
messes out of minor inconveniences,
when in actuality the only obstacle
blocking the path was my worry
over things I could never control,
finding the simplest of solutions:
to pause…
take a breath…
and release my insufficient graspon the chaos and imagined woes,
watching with disbelief
as the mountainous mirage
disappeared from view.
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Perhaps, residual remnants,
are all that's left,
of something,
once entirely whole.
- DG
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Sometimes when you’re out in the world you recognize the other parts of your soul.
Zoje Stage, Wonderland