Dr. Jamie's Favorite Quote
The weakest places in me as a child are some of the strongest places in me as an adult. They are strong now in spite of being weak then. It's not the wound that determines the quality of your life; it's what you do with the wound--how you hold it, carry it, dance with it, or bury it. Life is what happens as you live with the wounds. Life is not a matter of getting the wounds out of the way so that you can finally live. Wounds are never permanently erased. We are fragile beings, and some days we break all over again.
To heal, you have to believe that healing is possible. We must want to heal more than we are afraid to feel--rage, grief, sorrow. We must want to heal more than we want anything or anyone else.-Geneen Roth
And...runner up for most favorite quote...
"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day... "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." "I suppose you are real?" said the Rabbit. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse might be sensitive. But the Skin Horse only smiled. "The Boy's Uncle made me Real" he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
-Excerpt from 'The Velveteen Rabbit' by Margery Williams
To heal, you have to believe that healing is possible. We must want to heal more than we are afraid to feel--rage, grief, sorrow. We must want to heal more than we want anything or anyone else.-Geneen Roth
And...runner up for most favorite quote...
"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day... "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." "I suppose you are real?" said the Rabbit. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse might be sensitive. But the Skin Horse only smiled. "The Boy's Uncle made me Real" he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
-Excerpt from 'The Velveteen Rabbit' by Margery Williams
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