Inside my mother's death <br> I lay and could not breathe. - May Sarton

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Liberty is the luxury of self-discipline, that those nations historically who have failed to discipline themselves have had discipline imposed by others.

May Sarton

Inside my mother's death
I lay and could not breathe.

Breathe, Death, Grief, Lay, Mother

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Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

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I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep. . . . Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.

Grief, Let, Letting Go, Lose, Pain, Simply

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

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I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in a journal. A day when one has not pushed oneself to the limit seems a damaged damaging day, a sinful day. Not so! The most valuable thing one can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room.

Damaging, Day, Important, Let, Light, Sloth

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

Dare, Dream, Inspirational, Prove, Real, Self

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