Saying goodbye isn’t easy. Watching someone you loves goodbye is devastating. Because you can’t fix the pain.
REBEKAH STERLACCIIt’s possible to be all the parts of you that live in your heart, brain, and body. Not divided into containers. A giant messy wait of authenticity. Where you are all the things. All the time.
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I breathe better now. I thought I wouldn’t or couldn’t. But I was wrong. Isn’t that how it is with these things.
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When we share art we extend a hand. We hold a mirror. We adjust our focus. We hold each other. We weave a collaborative story. Together.
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Sometimes forgiveness is off the table. When the hurt is real you can’t forget. But you can walk away. That’s healthy too.
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You are the only one I can truly count on.
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If you think this one is about you- it probably is.
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In this culture of winners and losers. Your trauma is your trauma. This is not a measuring contest of pain.
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Forgiveness doesn’t always looks like things returning to normal. Words and actions change actions.
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Holding on to something that has lost its magic, lost its mutual respect, hurts more. Elsa understood the assignment.
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We only see what we want to see. Usually it is ourselves. Look closer. Tilt the mirror so you can see more. Beyond self.
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A low hum. Vibration when it hits the skin. An image. Permanent art. But the most satisfying part is- the decisive-ness. Decision made.
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I cannot face another moment of inauthenticity. Not one more day. Saying no to the things that make me uncomfortable in my skin.
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We say so much with our words unsaid. There is truth in the silence.
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I’ve said goodbye to so much. Now there is space. And for the first time I see how necessary it all was.
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I have decided that the key to happiness is strong communication.
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Without authenticity you are nothing.
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I’m exactly the same person. Well, except I’m not allowing dishonesty, selfishness, or negative energy to be a part of my life. And I’m noticing that I am truly happy.
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Tell me to calm down. Go ahead. Tell me I’m crazy. Tell me how it actually works. Try to make me feel small and insignificant. But I see you. For the insecure, power clutching man you are. Good luck. You need it.
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Vegans don’t walk on egg shells.
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Somehow in all this grief I found joy. Sharing art with you has made me whole again. And again.
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No. I can’t pretend that everything is the way it was. Even though that’s what we do- move on like everything is okay.
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Every day we keep telling the same stories. Over and over. We forget that our endings can be different. So can the plot. I think it’s time for some surprise endings.
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When one thing changes, it all changes. And now sitting in a pile of fallen dominoes I feel like me.
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Less I. more We. For the good of the community.
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Every time I answer- I have to work harder to remember that I am happier with a wall between us. But knowing this – I still pick up.
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Clarity wakes you up at 2am. And tells you its time to move on. and let go.
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Here I am. I am here. Making this new day all it can be. Rejoicing in the sunrise thankful for the sunset. And hopeful that it will all happen again tomorrow.
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