our anticipation of the future gets in the way of our awareness of the present. - Yung Pueblo

Too often, we think of healing in an external sense — we try to remove the obstacles from our lives without realizing that to make our healing long-lasting, it is more effective to address our own perception and reactions. There is nothing wrong with saying no to difficult people and putting ourselves on a better path that more substantially supports our happiness, but it would be unrealistic to expect that we can remove all difficulties from our lives.

you feel most agitated right before you settle into a more substantial peace

i kept running away
from my darkness
until i understood
that in it i would
find my freedom