You Can Tell A Lot About What

Anger Is A Passion, So It Makes People Feel Alive And Makes Them Feel They Matter And Are In Charge Of Their Lives. So People Often Need To Renew Their Anger A Long Time After The Cause Of It Has Died, Because It Is A Protection Against Helplessness And Emptiness Just Like Howling In The Night. And It Makes Them Feel Less Vulnerable For A Little While.

Compassion Is The Thing That Leads You Gently Back To Yourself.

Until You Divest Yourself Of The Notion That You Are A Collection Of Needs, An Empty Vessel That Someone Else Must Fill Up, There Will Be No Safe Place To Harbor Yourself, No Safe Shore To Reach. As Long As You Think Mostly Of Getting, You Will Have Nothing Real To Give.

The Romantic Myth Is So Strong That It Survives The Wear And Tear Of Marriage By Simply Detaching From It And Floating Up On Ahead, And Women Who Are Rather Fond Of The Men They Married, As Well As Ones Who Are Not, Go Through Life With A Bag Packed For The Day When The Shining Knight On A White Charger Arrives, Just In Case He Does.

The Answer Doesn't Lie In Learning How To Protect Ourselves From Life-it Lies In Learning How To Become Strong Enough To Let A Bit More Of It In.