Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection

by Mimi Zhu

Emotion is energy, and energy is a vital part of our life force.

As a survivor, I cannot control the hurt that I have experienced, though I can control how I choose to heal and act in future relationships.

Grief is an ancestor who teaches us to exercise constant and immense gratitude.

My ghosts tell me that I cannot travel back in time or undo the damage that has been done, and that my commitment to being loving needs to be rooted in the now.