Author: kwvtherapy

“How do we see what’s there besides ‘good’ or ‘bad’? The word gazing comes to mind – a kind of open and sustained looking.” ~Lynda Barry

“People are mostly layers of violence and tenderness wrapped like bulbs, and it is difficult to say what makes them onions or hyacinths.’ ~Eudora Welty

“Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.” ~Seamus Heaney

“We cannot live a full and meaningful life if we are not in touch with what we feel or what we want.” ~Paul Wachtel

“If I was going to live – if I was going to stay alive another day – I realized I had to let the world in. I had to be part of something real, and to do that I had to let people see me as I was.” ~Paul Murray

“[E]verybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.” ~ Adam Phillips

“[L]ooking led to noticing led to appreciating.” ~Gretchen Rubin

“Dances come from dancing. I don’t make a dance. I dance and then something starts to make sense.” ~Twyla Tharp

“The right to have rights, or the right of every individual to belong to humanity, should be guaranteed by humanity itself.” ~Hannah Arendt

*Photo credit: Elizabeth Flaherty

“Stories are real. And stories can change. If your story isn’t working for you, you can find a better one to take its place.” ~ Seth Godin