and thank you so much for this beautiful quote from Bianca Sparacino:
“The kindest people are not born that way, they are made. They are the ones that have experienced so much at the hands of life, they are the ones who have dug themselves out of the dark, who have fought to turn every loss into a lesson.
The kindest people do not just exist – they choose to soften where circumstance has tried to harden them, they choose to believe in goodness, because they have seen firsthand why compassion is so necessary.
They have seen firsthand why tenderness is so important in this world.”
I am being crushed at the moment by life and I’m faced with the same choice, bitterness and resentment, or kindness and embracing the pressure. It’s a hard choice.
Many congratulations so happy for you I always had concerned thoughts about your job whenever I was reading you or reaffirming your quotes in my mind ...I feel relieved 😅..
Actually you went through financial crisis to understand life and human soberity for me similar grounding happened through heath crisis though I m still on it but the road to recovery has started giving some pee a boo while having similar realizations what you write so glad to have found you shiv lots of love to you and your family...I m sure there must have also gone through a rough time all this while 🫶
Oh, Shiv! This is beautiful. In my circumstances, I have also seen that in my submission to them there is a softening that happens. The ego gets their ass kicked and there’s nothing left to do but learn.
Happy "birthday" Shiv... Your posting reminded me of a glorious poem:
"I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?"
~ Mary Oliver, The Summer Day
Love Mary Oliver
dear shiv,
congrats on the new job!
and thank you so much for this beautiful quote from Bianca Sparacino:
“The kindest people are not born that way, they are made. They are the ones that have experienced so much at the hands of life, they are the ones who have dug themselves out of the dark, who have fought to turn every loss into a lesson.
The kindest people do not just exist – they choose to soften where circumstance has tried to harden them, they choose to believe in goodness, because they have seen firsthand why compassion is so necessary.
They have seen firsthand why tenderness is so important in this world.”
much love,
myq
Congratulations on the job offer! I'm looking forward to reading what new insights you come up with in this new chapter of your life.
I am being crushed at the moment by life and I’m faced with the same choice, bitterness and resentment, or kindness and embracing the pressure. It’s a hard choice.
Many congratulations so happy for you I always had concerned thoughts about your job whenever I was reading you or reaffirming your quotes in my mind ...I feel relieved 😅..
Actually you went through financial crisis to understand life and human soberity for me similar grounding happened through heath crisis though I m still on it but the road to recovery has started giving some pee a boo while having similar realizations what you write so glad to have found you shiv lots of love to you and your family...I m sure there must have also gone through a rough time all this while 🫶
Oh, Shiv! This is beautiful. In my circumstances, I have also seen that in my submission to them there is a softening that happens. The ego gets their ass kicked and there’s nothing left to do but learn.