Everything You Are

by Kerry Anne King

I hereby commit to falling in love with life in all of its manifestations of trouble and triumph, joy and grief, boredom and excitement.

I will treat each day as an adventure, full of possibility, and I will seek to be present for every moment, whether pleasant or unpleasant.

If I should fail, I commit to picking myself up and trying again.

“fine” stands for “fucked up, insecure, neurotic, and emotional.”

“PTSD is such a fascinating combination of chemicals and psychological blocks, Phee. Very complex. Many sufferers do have a host of physical ailments. They are much more likely to suffer from inflammatory diseases and immune disorders. Chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis. Not to mention higher incidence of blood pressure and even diabetes due to the continual presence of stress hormones—”

Avoiding talking about things is much more dangerous than having conversations.”

“I think you need to trust that people are strong enough to carry the truth.”

people have to carry their own burdens, that they’re responsible for their own emotional journeys.