Feeling real is more than existing; it is finding a way to exist as oneself... and to have a self into which to retreat for relaxation.
Donald Woods WinnicottIt is in playing and only in playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self.
Donald Woods WinnicottThe fact that grief takes so long to resolve is not a sign of inadequacy, but betokens depth of soul.
Donald Woods Winnicott