“It’s hard to grow beyond something if you won’t let go of it.” ~James Clear
Growth is a continual process of letting go of where we are and what we’ve known in order to live into something more.
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“Shame is a soul eating emotion.” ~C.G. Jung
Shame does nothing but destroy. It eats away at our souls and our relationships. Dig out those pockets of shame that have become internalized after others laid it on you, and find ways to expel them. Shame isn’t helping you do better; it’s just eating you alive from the inside out.
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“Being human is not about feeling happy. It’s about feeling everything.” ~Glennon Doyle
Oh, how I wish I could limit my feelings only to the happy and pleasant ones, but that’s not what being fully alive and fully human is all about. Experiencing life’s difficult emotions is not a sign that we’re failing. It’s a sign that we’re living!
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“Joy is the transformation of our suffering, not the escape of all we have to face.” ~Mark Nepo
I tend to (subconsciously) think of joy as being the absence of suffering, which makes it hard to come by. Joy as a transformation of suffering opens so many more opportunities to step into joy because there’s always plenty of suffering to be transformed.
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“Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest.” ~Mark Buchanan
When I find myself needing healing, my innate tendency is to keep myself busy by working harder and harder. Inevitably, that approach ultimately backfires. All my work and busyness keep me away from the things that bring me most alive and slow my healing. It’s only when I allow myself to rest and nurture those things that bring to life that I move toward actual healing.
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