
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

“I want to know
if you know
how to melt into that fierce heat of living
falling toward
the center of your longing.”
David Whyte

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” Mary Oliver