QY’s Reviews > Braving the Wilderness > Status Update

“Our call to courage is to protect our wild heart against constant evaluation, especially our own. No one belongs here more than you.”

“stop walking through the world looking for confirmation that you don’t belong. You will always find it because you’ve made that your mission. Stop scouring people’s faces for evidence that you are not enough. You will always find it because you have made that your goal. True belonging and self-worth are not goods; we don’t negotiate their value with the world.”

“true belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic self with the world and find sacredness of being a part of something and standing alone in the wilderness true belonging doesn’t require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.”

“ dehumanising and objectifying collective joy and pain.”

“ Common enemy intimacy is counterfeit connection and the opposite of true belonging… it is not however fuel for real connection.”

“This is what it means to belong to myself.” MADAME VIOLA DAVIS!!!!! 🥰

“One of the most courageous things to say in an uncomfortable conversation is tell me more. Help me understand why this is so important to you, or help me understand why you don’t agree with a particular idea.“

The key is to learn how to navigate conflicts or differences of opinion in a way that deepens mutual understanding, even if two people still disagree. Imagine that after a meaningful conversation, two people could actually have increased mutual understanding, greater mutual respect, and better connection, but still completely disagree.

Anger is a powerful catalyst but a life-sucking companion… Leiris: “you will not have my hate.”

Our lack of tolerance for vulnerable, tough conversations is driving our self-sorting and disconnection.