The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.
Stephen LevineSimply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74)
Stephen LevineHealing is bringing mercy and Awareness into that which we have held in judgment and fear.
Stephen LevineWe are motivated more by aversion to the unpleasant than by a will toward truth, freedom, or healing. We are constantly attempting to escape our life, to avoid rather than enter our pain we, and we wonder why it is so difficult to be fully alive. (43)
Stephen Levine