“You have suffered enough. If you can make it easier, make it easier, and don’t feel guilty about it.” – Ali Wong, “Dear Girls” (the book she wrote to her daughters)
My partner said I am a cross between Ali Wong, House M.D., and Patch Adams. One day that will go on my website. *sparkle sparkle*
“If you want to give your children
the best possible heritage,
give them a clean unconscious,
not your own unlived life.”
– Robert Johnson
I dance without fear.
I have returned to being that little girl who was free to dance with joy and love.
Healing Milestone #1
I no longer feel the stranglehold of “shoulds”.
Therapists sometimes ask the Miracle Question – if you woke up tomorrow, and everything was as you would like it to be, how would you know? What would be different?
Sometimes when I do daily tasks, I can feel the lack of the weight that used to burden every part of my existence.
Shoulds use to paralyze me. I’d feel like I was spinning and getting nowhere. An old roommate described me as a hurricane. I felt like I was drowning and no matter how much and how hard I swam, that I could never quite reach the surface.
Today I take care of myself in ways I didn’t think were possible. Today I feel precious and free.