My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All the Times in Between
Mari Andrew
Top 10 Best Quotes
“When logic fails us, it’s an inconvenience. When magic fails us, it feels like an essential part of our humanity is brutally taken away: our ability to imagine beyond our circumstances, our potential to make meaning from the ordinary.”
“But at a certain point, healing means going out into the world and being in it. This is the hardest part. You can read all you want about how to grow a garden, but until you take yourself down to the plant store and ask for help, invest in some seedlings, and try your luck at keeping them alive, you’re never going to become a gardener. I’m sorry. You can’t be one in your head.”
“think humans might be so uncomfortable with transition periods because we don’t give ourselves the right to be lonely and uncomfortable like lobsters do. We’re so often told, “Focus on the positive. Choose happiness. Good vibes only” that we feel like something must be wrong with us when we’re not a living, breathing inspirational cross-stitch pillow.”
“Why do I have to bring light to every sad, broken, fucked-up man who can’t find himself on his own? Go travel or join a meditation club, don’t use women! Write in your journal!”
“There isn’t a satisfying range of vocabulary for experiences that are deemed taboo, and there certainly aren’t accepted ways to celebrate and mourn the highs and lows.”
“I noticed magic, so magic was more likely to happen. I began to realize it was my power.”
“You can’t be what you’re not. You can only be the fullest version of yourself. You can’t please everyone.”
“The opposite of depression is not happiness, but wanting.”
“I want the full menu, everything available to me in this life: dark, bright, that purply-pink weird twilight color, and golden.”
“Giving my transitions as much attention and curiosity as my brightest afternoons has helped me appreciate the inner sky I’m continually trying to make more colorful. Who wants a sky that is blue all the time?”
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Book Keywords:
healing, depression, inspirational, magic, mental-health, happiness
