A Note from Mother š
Your daily dose of love from the Great Motherāor, at least, my imagination of Her
Nietzsche said your spirit transforms in three stages:
First, the camelāstoic, strong, carrying all the expectations of family, culture, and duty.
Then, the lionāfierce, defiant, roaring āNo!ā to everything false.
But donāt stop there, love.
Thereās one more sacred transformation:
The childāplayful, free, curious, saying āYes!ā to life, to wonder, to becoming.
Let yourself begin again,
Mother ā¤ļø
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In these dark days I fluctuate between the lionās anger and the playful child. There have been dark days for days and days, although I just havenāt been able to stay there. Partly from exhaustion and the realization that my soul needs the substance of laughing at the sheer insanity of this moment. Thank you for sharing these thoughts.