anthonycastro.

[xanthonycastro]

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.

Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart

[xanthonycastro]

[tokyostreetphoto]

Dusk, Minowa 三ノ輪

[homeisaplaceinthehills]

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Self care is not selfish or self indulgent. We cannot nurture others from a dry well. We need to take care of our own needs first.

Jennifer Loudon

[xanthonycastro]

Things are dark until they’re not. Most of our unhappiness stems from the belief that our lives should be different than they are. We believe we have control — and our self-loathing and self-hatred comes from this idea that we should be able to change our circumstances, that we should be richer or hotter or better or happier. While self-responsibility is empowering, it can often lead to this resentment and bitterness that none of us need to be holding within us. We have to put in our best efforts and then give ourselves permission to let whatever happens to happen—and to not feel so directly and vulnerably tied to outcomes. Opportunities often don’t show up in the way we think they will.

Jamie Varon, To Anyone Who Thinks They're Falling Behind In Life

[xanthonycastro]

[n-ppn]

[n-ppn]

[matthewgrantanson]

[quotemadness]

All I ever wanted was to know what to do.

Dave Eggers

[quotemadness]

People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

[hisafoto]

[quotemadness]

I had a weird, empty feeling inside me. Not a bad sort of empty. It was a sort of lack of sensation, like being in pain for a long time and then suddenly realizing that you’re not anymore.

Maggie Stiefvater

[induccionalahipnosis]

[xanthonycastro]

For the first time in a long while, I've accepted that it's okay to work on myself and look for what I need to thrive. I'm drained, but motivated; tired, but inspired; lost, but searching - all at the same time. When you're so caught up in "doing," it's so easy to lose what it means to "be." That doesn't mean learning about new things and discovering new spaces doesn't allow you the opportunity to learn new things and discover new spaces within yourself as well, but I've learned that it's so important for me to give myself the time and place to piece all those things together and internalize what it means for me.

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our life.

Akshay Dubey