Pain travels through family lines until someone is ready to heal it in themselves. By going through the agony of healing, you no longer pass the poison chalice onto the generations that follow. It's incredibly important and sacred work.
This is the work. It is not towing the line or fitting right in or getting comfortable or getting out of dodge or getting in good with someone or that group. It is getting clear on who you are and getting free of who you are not.
I work in a decent sized, local, indie bookstore. It’s a great job 99% of the time and a lot of our customers are pretty neat people. Any who, middle of the day this little old lady comes up. She’s lovably kooky. She effuses how much she loves the store and how she...
I like messy people; people who don't fit into a box or stay between the lines, but whose integrity is greater than any rule book and whose loyalty is stronger than blood.