Quotes on healing, slowness, allowing emotion,
and having your own permission to just be you
May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.
- Source unknown
Far too frequently we see ourselves as doers. This means that in order to feel worthy… we feel we must endlessly work and achieve. We have not always learned just to be receptive, to be [present] – quiet, available...
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Listen in deep silence. Be very still and open your mind.... Sink deep into the peace that waits for you beyond the frantic, riotous thoughts and sights and sounds of this insane world.
- A Course in Miracles
Ultimately, healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be to feel secure.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain.
- Source unknown
Life is so short - We must move more slowly
Thich Naht Hanh
There is no point driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might as well give in and save your sanity for later.
- Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The deep attending to hard knots of holding is a powerfully compassionate act, a turning toward rejected parts of our being. As this newly compassionate observing occurs, the object of observation, the body/self is transformed and we move from denial to acceptance, from rejection to inclusion. This is the beginning of...loving kindness for the self.
- Katherine Thanas (in Being Bodies)
All of our emotions are our babies. Treat them tenderly, care for them. Be with them. Understanding and compassion will ultimately transform them.
- Thich Naht Hanh
Growth and forward motion continue whether we are vigilant or not. Pushing ourselves often slows the process: it stirs resistance in the healthy parts of us that are protecting the natural flow from being overthrown or interfered with. When things feel really hard, slowing way down allows the internal, organic balancing process to work its magic. When you get scared that you'll never come out of this (or any other place in which you find yourself) remember that everything in us moves always toward growth and change–no matter how it looks to our outside eye.
- Robyn Posin
Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears as bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.
- Miller Williams
Nothing that feels bad is ever the last step.
- Diana Fosha (on the power of positive emotion in therapy)
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