“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.” – Andrew Boyd
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quotes
This. Is. Me.
“It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.”
- John Green
A quote.
“The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” ~ Abraham Maslow
Motto
“The antidote to misery is to stay present.” – Pema Chondron