Today’s reblog is from Dorothy Sander and her wise words about healing ourselves. We are not broken, we are on a journey of discover, learning, growing, exploring.
Feeling and believing that we are broken or don’t measure up in some way…that we are flawed…inadequate…and in need of fixing…is an illusion. You are not broken. Perfection is a fantasy. As human beings we have the ability to see, to conceptualize, a more perfect something. It’s an ability that drives us to create and learn and explore.
Perfection is a fantasy. As human beings we have the ability to see, to conceptualize, a more perfect something. It’s an ability that drives us to create and learn and explore. We’ve begun to use this ability to destroy ourselves.
I don’t believe we were born to exploit ourselves or each other, and yet, that is exactly the nature of the life in which we believe ourselves to be trapped. It’s no different from living in a cult. Our culture is a cult. Think of it. Think about how hard it is to go against the norm. We believe in many ways that we are powerless. We are powerless only insofar as we believe we have no choice. . . Continue Reading
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The Hawking lines could explain why so many this political season are hawkish in their opinions, unable to entertain other points of view, lost in illusion. Now over to more of Dorothy’s words of wisdom. You are kind to share here, Debby.
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Interesting analogy Marian. And I know you enjoy Dorothy’s writing because every time I visit there, I see you’ve also been there. 🙂
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We are not broken… We are not broken… I think that needs to be my mantra today. Great choice, Debby. Mega hugs.
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Keep repeating Teag! 🙂 ❤
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Thank you Debby for sharing this 🙂
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My pleasure Adele. 🙂
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Thank you for sharing this post, Debby. I spent most of my life trying to “fix” myself, so the thoughts shared in it were hard won! I appreciate you!!
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I know the feeling Dorothy. That’s why I was so drawn to this post. 🙂
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Love the share and the wisdom, Debby. It took me a long long time to gather some of these insights. I wish blogging existed back then – maybe it wouldn’t have taken so long. ❤
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Thanks for sharing Diana. And I agree wholeheartedly with what you said.<3
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Lovely. Thanks to both of you.
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Thank you Elaine. 🙂
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