The way to maintain one's connection to the wild is to ask yourself what it is that you want. This is the sorting of the seed from the dirt. One of the most important discriminations we can make in this matter is the difference between things that beckon to us and things that call from our souls.
Clarissa Pinkola Esteswe wish to make rage into a fire that cooks things rather than a fire of conflagration.
Clarissa Pinkola EstesSo, let us push on now, and remember ourselves back to the wild soul. Let us sing her flesh back onto our bones.
Clarissa Pinkola EstesThe wild woman is fluent in the language of dreams, images, passion, and poetry.
Clarissa Pinkola EstesIf you have yet to be called an incorrigable, defiant woman, don't worry, there is still time
Clarissa Pinkola EstesThe deepest work is usually the darkest. A brave woman, a wisening woman, will developing the poorest psychic land, for if she builds only on the best land of her psyche, she will have for a view the least of what she is. So do not be afraid of the worst. It only guarantees increase of soul power through fresh insights and opportunities for re-visioning one's life and self anew.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes