All things change. Cultivate flexibility rather than perfection.
I was raised in a household where I read Nietzsche and Dostoyevsky and Kant, and I was never taught that my mind was feminine. I'm aware that my body is.
I don't exist without writing.
Don't be made useless or idle with despair. Gather yourself around your strength for light does the darkness most fear.
I love vulnerability. It's what keeps me soft and from becoming emotionally calcified.
To shut down the ability to feel pain means you shut down all emotions, joy included. It makes our hearts feel small, it robs us of our joy, and really keeps us no safer.