We are designed as relational beings. We need to be in all kinds of relationships in order to get any traction on this healing journey of self-discovery. Our friends, parents, children, lovers, ex’s, neighbors and everyone else under the sun are all our mirrors for the purpose of providing us reflection so we can better see and know our Self.
reflections from the well of grief
Reflections on my time at the bottom of the well of grief, on the help I got that lifted me out, and how I am enjoying this new, tender self that has emerged through my difficult year of multiple heartbreaks.
I also share my summer selections of books, podcasts and playlists that I have been enjoying lately.
The Age of Sovereignty
ANTIFRAGILITY
“Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of the phenomenon, there is no word for the exact opposite of fragile. Let us call it antifragile. Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better. . . .
The antifragile loves randomness and uncertainty, which also means— crucially—a love of errors...”
The binary is a distraction from waking up to the elegant complexity of life.
When you bloom, I bloom
𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. It's contagious. When we witness someone else transforming, evolving, maturing, it does something to us... we get the signal that it's okay, and even life-affirming to change. In watching others grow, we are given another model and road map to use in our own personal growth journey.