your capacity to love is tied to your ability to shift, to let go, to practice radical acceptance when you’re met with disappointment or disapproval. you have to give people the space to show you who they are— and love them for what you see, not what you wish.
Remind yourself that trauma conditioning lies. Your bullies & abusers lie. Addiction lies.
You are probably doing better than you think you are, & you definitely deserve better than you think you do.
I know, you don't feel it now. But remind yourself. Insert it into the convo.
Brugherio, a town of 35,000 in the province of Monza-Brianza, is rooting for Filipino Cardinal Luis Antoni Tagle as the next Pope because he is the mayor's grandmother's caregiver's first cousin.
May 5, 2025