“Rather than going after our walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move closer to those walls. We touch them and smell them and get to know them well. We begin a process of acknowledging our aversions and our cravings. We become familiar with the strategies and beliefs we use to build the walls: What are the stories I tell myself? What repels me and what attracts me? We start to get curious about what’s going on.”
Excerpted from: The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times, page 11
Photo taken at Houston Arboreatum
Thank you!
Beautiful photo. The colors are so rich and lovely.
Beautiful photograph…and beautiful quotation, as well. I’ve had that book on my shelf for years and have opened it a few times…browsed through it, but haven’t sat down to fully enjoy it yet. Thank you, Naomi.