“When you laugh at yourself, you become instantly endearing because you give those around you permission to stop pretending they're perfect.” Self CompassionAuthentic LivingLaugh At YourselfEmotional OpennessTrue ConnectionEndearing HonestyImperfectly HumanLetting Go Of PerfectionVulnerability Is Strength Author:Pamela Cox
“...Gizos began to cry. Not a little, a lot. Since that day I've never seen a boy, or a man, cry that hard. Now I know such a thing could do the world good, not the crying, not simply the body and spirit's self-recognition of pain, but the publicness of it, the body and spirit's communicating to another's body and spirit in one and only one language--that of deep, deep emotion--between the flesh of two free bodies. I say 'free' here because it's true--what is freer than that, freer than one body welcoming and receiving another's in a state or condition so unchanged since the very beginning of bodies, a state or condition that has continually been jailed time and time again since that very beginning?” TearsCommunicationEmotional Openness Book:Fire Exit Source: Fire Exit
“It’s not age that limits deep connection, it’s the walls we build. A young heart remains open, curious, and willing to leap. That’s how childhood bonds are formed, and how adult ones can be, too.” Open HeartDeep ConnectionEmotional WallsEmotional OpennessChildhood BondsAdult ConnectionCurious SpiritWilling To LeapYoung Heart Author:Pamela Cox