Bloomstrandilotus - Kviknar Von

In the long and difficult effort of spiritual recovery, the Church does not separate the soul from the body. The whole man has fallen away from God; the whole man is to be restored, the whole man is to return. The catastrophe of sin lies precisely in the victory of the flesh -- the animal, the irrational, the lust in us -- over the spiritual and the divine. But the body is glorious, the body is holy, so holy that God Himself "became flesh." Salvation and repentance then are not contempt of the body or neglect of it, but restoration of the body to its real function as the expression and the life of the spirit, as the temple of the priceless human soul. Christian asceticism is a fight, not against the body but for the body. For this reason, the whole man -- body and soul -- repents. The body participates in the prayer of the soul just as the soul prays through and in the body.

--Rev Dr. Alexander Schmemann: Great Lent - Journey to Pascha

“She practices being herself every day. Having to shed the layers of other identities took time. She even lost friendships. She couldn’t fill their egos anymore. When you focus on yourself, and love yourself, some relationships have to go.”

— Adrian Michael

“The image of the morning sun in a dewdrop is not less than the sun. The reflection of life in your soul is not less than life.”

— Khalil Gibran

SPIRITED AWAY 2001 | dir. Hayao Miyazaki

“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.”

— Robert Muller

De ti aprendí, que aunque pienses que nadie te escucha, siempre habrá alguien dispuesto a escuchar lo que callas por miedo a ser una carga para los demás. Que aún hay personas en las que puedes confiar tu sentir sin miedo a ser juzgado o minimizado, qué hay personas que estarán solo por estar y te tendrán la paciencia que necesites para desahogar tus pesares, qué hay quien se queda aunque vean tu lado vulnerable y abrazan tus heridas con palabras de ternura y amor. Aprendí que aún hay personas que te ven con los ojos del alma y no solo por cómo te muestras por fuera. Sí, aún hay de esas personas.

Mi confianza está tan jodida que pienso: si son buenos conmigo tienen segundas intenciones, si me muestran interés juegan conmigo y si hablo algo sobre mí lo usarán en mi contra el día de mañana.

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