“Wounding and healing are not opposites. They’re part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others. It is our limitations that make us kind to the limitations of other people. It is our loneliness that helps us to find other people or to even know they’re alone with an illness. I think I have served people perfectly with parts of myself I used to be ashamed of. ”
―Rachel Naomi Remen
How have you served people with parts of yourself you used to be ashamed of?
that was real, VERY REAL
Perhaps this has come to be true: as a teenager I considered myself “not beautiful” in the ordinary sense of “having a bad hair day” or even thinking that my face wasn’t like that of a Hollywood star. How ridiculous! Now I always try to express happiness when I’m looking at someone else, accompanied by a HELLO sometimes and a smile and don’t think of those other attributes I once was ashamed of.