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A retreat will teach you again and again that you are neither indispensable nor self-sufficient.”
Commitment is important, detachment equally so.
lot of people act like misfortune is contagious. They don’t want to be exposed to it for too long. They’ll take you in and make all the right gestures and noises, but when the months wear on and you’re still in their house or their town or their world, the welcome starts to wear a bit thin.
children would probably be weaklings too. When you start thinking of yourself as damaged goods, you put up defenses to make sure no one has the chance to reject you,
