Depressed, sad, emotional and emotionally flat, grateful, nervous, excited…how does this fit? It doesn’t. But it’s human. And I will work my way through it.
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Sending you a bunch of hugs dear friend 
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God, I need them right now. Thank you.
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A morning dose of Sharon Salzberg…take what you need…
"How do we relate to perfection? With caution. We tend to handle things we think of as “perfect” with reluctance— gingerly keeping our distance. Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril. Think of a perfect arrangement of flowers in a vase. As soon as they were cut, the flowers started to wilt. Or slice into a perfect cherry pie hot from the oven, and watch the lattice crust crumble. Then you take the first bite, and it is perfect. Three bites later, its sweetness may already be starting to cloy. Moment to moment, perfect passes into imperfect.
This is why clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier to real love for ourselves. Perfection is a brittle state that generates a lot of anxiety, because achieving and maintaining unwavering standards—whether they’re internal or external—means we’re always under threat. We become focused on avoiding failure, and love for the self cannot be a refuge because it has become too conditional, too dependent on performance. As Oscar Wilde said in his play An Ideal Husband, “It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.” And that means every last one of us."
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I love Morgan Harper Nichols so much!! This is framed in my retreat room…
But what you posted is so so powerful!!! Thank you!!!
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Oh thats beautiful, i love the colors. 
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She does lots of artwork with vibrant colors, along with her poetry…so joyful. She is fabulous. I am saving the quote you just posted. I love it!!
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Offering to the mental health gods of rainbow hair 
Was feeling rough the past while and figured why not. The dopamine is flowing and I’m feeling a lot better tonight.
Love y’all
(Excuse the bleached shirt 
my kid did it, and I think it turned out great!)
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