And believing that we are broken is the same as being broken. It means we experience ourselves that way. That perception shapes our reality. It is an… - Jewel

Something my life has taught me is not to see things in black and white. People are neither all good nor all bad.

Therapy is expensive, and often the best facilities and practitioners are not covered by insurance, and so mental health becomes a luxury.

We have been called naive as if it were a dirty word
We have been called innocent as though with shame our cheeks should burn
So We visited with the careful idols of cynicism to learn to sneer and pant and walk
so as not to feel the scales of judgment rub wrongly
But we say,
some things must remain simple
some things must remain untouched and pure