“Let no one think it is an easy way because it is concerned with moments of happiness rather than with stern duty or high moral endeavour. For what is really easy, as I found, is to blind one’s eyes to what one really likes, to drift into accepting one’s wants ready-made from other people, and to evade the continual day to day sifting of values. And finally, let no one undertake such an experiment who is not prepared to find himself more of a fool than he thought.”
anxiety <————> depression
flexibility <————> backbone
insides <————> outsides
real <————> unreal
self <————> other
despair <————> hope
together <————> separate
Mental health is a back and forth.
There is a way through every block.
— 2nd Sutra of the Aquarian Age
It is terribly good to carry water and chop wood.
-Joanna Newsom
Be not afraid of being afraid.
Limits will set you free.
Mental health is a back and forth.
“It is a joy to be hidden, and a disaster not to be found.”
— Winnicott
“We don't have relationships to get our needs met, we have relationships to discover what our needs might be.”
— Adam Philips