Being generous often consists of simply extending a
hand. That's hard to do if you are grasping tightly to your righteousness, your
belief system, your superiority, your assumptions about others, your definition
of normal. [Patti Digh, Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to
Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally]
How simple. How I have complicated this. How confused I get about this simple thing I’ve complicated.
Equip yourself for your own needs. [Patti Digh, What I Wish For You: Simple Wisdom for a Happy Life]
Just as it’s wisest to adjust
your own oxygen mask first, it’s also important to KNOW your own needs and BE
prepared to take care of them. Whatever the “cost” or inconvenience.
I always like it when someone
else “gets me” and meets me there, where I am, instead of making it all very
awkward and even a little icky like BEing on a different page. But what someone else says or does has never
really been the point. This is one way I’m Now equipped which I did NOT have or
know about BEfore.
What is making the
difference, I BElieve, is taking the time to LISTEN to myself, throwing all I have
at that instead of making it up as I go along. Inside of me is where everything
“speaks.”
I love you, Currie
3 comments:
"How confused I get about this simple thing I’ve complicated."
Well said! I know this feeling too.
Thank you Currie.
I can't imaging how you created this, but How beautiful it is!
I love the power of this post!!! Not just the art but the accompanied words too ♥ Both contain a message I really needed to hear today. Sending waves of Strength and Love your way ♥
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