Ever since I came back from from Hong Kong, myriad waves of emotions have resulted in me feeling happy and sad concurrently. Every emotion is mixed and nuanced with paradoxes.... just like how light at the end of the tunnel is still surrounded by darkness, good choices still have hidden costs, and a better chapter in a book is still not separate from the worst one before it. Human emotions are fleeting and full of contradictions. My heavy sadness is layered with deep sense of gratefulness and my anxiety and fears are making me brave. Arent we all never not broken? And thats the beauty of it all, I guess. I am at the airport right now, getting ready to leave United States once again to work in Vietnam for two months. And guess what? I feel it all. I am scared of leaving my friends, family, and support system behind. I am beyond excited about exchanging knowledge with people who are fighting for Deaf childrens fundamental right to sign language. I try not to fight or resist anything even when the pangs of pain and anxiety feel unbearable at times. I let uncomfortable emotions come, stay for a while, and pass. It is okay to be happy and sad at the same time for profoundness lies within every human experience. I dont understand many things but I find peace with not grasping. “The body, heart, brain knows how to heal. It knows how to knit back to ether. How to suture and secure. Let it do what it does. Your body is yours. Your body will always be yours. When scars are new, They shine. Be all the glitter You need. -Daphne Gottlieb (Thanks Jess Dallman)
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 21:07:24 +0000
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