In her book, "Kitchen Table Wisdom" Rachel Naomi Remen shared the following thoughts:
"The life in us is diminished by judgement far more frequently than by disease. Reclaiming ourselves usually means coming to recognize and accept that we have in us both sides of everything. We are capable of fear and courage, generosity and selfishness,vulnerability and strength. These things do not cancel each other out, but offer a full range of power and response to life.
Life is as complex as we are. Sometimes our vulnerability is our strength, our fear develops our courage, and our woundedness is the road to our integrity. It is not an either or world. It is a real world. What a blessing it is to outlive your self judgements and harvest your failures."
What great food for thought!
Kathy Christensen
Guest Blogger
Sister Survivor
How fitting that I should read this today because I was scolding myself for having negative thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy!