I can't sleep…
The problem with introspection is that it has no end.
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Whispering “yes” instead of screaming no…
Try it. If you’ve tried it before, try it again…
and soften into it…
No need for fancy formulas or prescribed affirmations.
No goal.
Just be.
Right here…
One breath in front of the other.
~ Mirabai Starr, Softening into the Pain
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“I surrender,” I said, first under my breath. Then again, a little louder, “I surrender.” I saw a bird, and another one. Objectively, I was in a beautiful place. Objectively, my body had been strong enough to take me out here. It was the subjectivity, the comparison with where I thought I should be, that hurt. “I surrender.” I didn’t need an answer. I just needed to breathe. To, once again, find meaning in the simplest moments.
~ Eva Hagberg Fisher, How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship. (HMH Books. February 4, 2019)
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I am only a little better at giving in than I used to be,
at slowing down,
at sitting still.
But progress is progress.
~ Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
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Why all this huffing and puffing,
as though you were carrying a big drum
and searching for a lost child.
~ Chuang Tzu, (369 BC – 286 BC) from The Complete Works Of Chuang Tzu Translated by Burton Watson
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