"It's very important that kids learn about and understand their feelings. But it's also true that feelings need to be recognized for what they are: temporary, changing conditions. They are states, not traits. They're like the weather. Rain is real, and we'd be foolish to stand in a downpour and act as if it weren't actually raining. But we'd be just as foolish to expect that the sun will never reappear. We need to help children understand that the clouds of their emotions can (and will) roll on by."

- Dr. Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., "The Whole-Brain Child."

When life teaches you to keep reaching for the stars

When I thought all was enough. I have amazing reminders to keep reaching for the stars.

‎"if we ran a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem waiting for us when we arrive. it just keeps returning with new names, forms, and manifestations until we learn whatever it has to teach us about where we are separating ourselves from reality, how we are pulling back instead of opening up, closing down instead of allowing ourselves to experience fully whatever we encounter, without hesitating or retreating into ourselves." --pema chodron

What does it mean to be at the peripheral, when I want to embody and search for the center. Feeling on the peripheral and wanting the opportunity to be a part of, wholeness, there looking out and seeing this new road, traveling and learning together.