Brené Brown, Rising Strong Quotes
Given the dark fears we feel when we experience loss, nothing is more generous and loving than the willingness to embrace grief in order to forgive. To be forgiven is to be loved.
When you look away from a homeless person, you diminish their humanity and your own.
Denying emotion is not avoiding the high curbs, it's never taking your car out of the garage. It's safe in there, but you'll never go anywhere.
Requiring accountability while also extending your compassion is not the easiest course of action, but it is the most humane, and, ultimately, the safest for the community.
When you judge yourself for needing help, you judge those you are helping. When you attach value to giving help, you attach value to needing help.