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People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.

Carl Jung

“When pain brings you down, don’t be silly, don’t close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.”

— Alanis Morissette

“Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.”

— Unknown

Don't use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe, create, trust, grow, glow, manifest, and heal.

Unknown

im damaged as hell but I’ll never hurt anyone the way I’ve been hurt

Mario Benedetti

“One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility. There is no silence without a cry of grief, no forgiveness without bloodshed, no acceptance without a passage through acute loss. That is what lies at the root of true harmony.”

— Haruki Murakami

Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1947-1955

“Sometimes quiet people have a lot to say, but they don’t open up to just anyone.”

— Susan Gale

“I know it’s not easy for you, living this life, but try to remember, always try to remember, you’re not the only one with troubles.”

— Laini Taylor

She's been through hell and came out, an angel. You didn't break her, darling. You don't own that kind of power.

BMM Poetry

Golden Autumn in Spain 🌾🥀

October 2024

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith. Sometimes I think it is my doubts that make my faith strong, because it leads me to seek God, to wrestle with Him, and to trust Him even when I don’t have all the answers.

“I think this is what we all want to hear: That we are not alone in hitting the bottom, and that it is possible to come out of that place courageous, beautiful, and strong.”

— Anna White, Mended

In giving kindness, one finds healing; in expressing gratitude, they discover their strength.