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“It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.”

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Stephane Mallarme was a French poet known for his symbolism and unique aesthetic approach. His works have had a profound impact on 20th-century poetry. more

“Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and *die*. The storybooks are *bullshit*. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and *get* in my bed!”

“we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves... But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves -- unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.”

Way Feels Feelings Attitude Projects Assuming

Book:Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

Source: Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

“The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency... God's sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed.”

Self Lying Fear Sorrow Approach Anguish Refusal Self Sufficiency Sufficiency Absorption Fears Of Life Self Absorption

Book:Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

Source: Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

“Surrender your own poverty and acknowledge your nothingness to the Lord. Whether you understand it or not, God loves you, is present in you, lives in you, dwells in you, calls you, saves you and offers you an understanding and compassion which are like nothing you have ever found in a book or heard in a sermon.”

Book Wisdom Found Understanding Compassion Lord Poverty Heard Love You Offers Surrender God Love Acknowledge Nothingness Sermons God Loves You Understanding And Compassion

Author:Thomas Merton

“In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit.”

Self Christian Spirit Growth Holy Hatred Holy Spirit Dominant Self Hatred Stifling Malaise

Book:Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

Source: Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

“the pain of that first lost was still raw. You could deal with it, endure it, but never escape it.”

Firsts Stills Pain Lost Deals Endure

Author:Laurell K. Hamilton

“Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm. Watch the people succumb To madness With ample cheer; Let them look askance at you And you askance reply. Be an outcast; Be pleased to walk alone (Uncool) Or line the crowded River beds With other impetuous Fools. Make a merry gathering On the bank Where thousands perished For brave hurt words They said. Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Qualified to live Among your dead.”

Source: Alice Walker: Collected Poems: Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems 1965-1990

“In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.”

Ifs Light Past Community Healing Darkness Shame Wounds Spiritual Life Teens Our Past Erase Inner Darkness

Author:Brennan Manning

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