"In
the end, so much of the conflict we feel in our hearts is because we've
split ourselves off from the very life we are living. We partition
ourselves from the things with which we are at odds, treating them as
unbelonging even as we live them. We vaguely imagine some other place,
some better job, some other lover - but the irony is that so much of
what makes us unhappy is our own rejection of t...he
life we have made. Eventually we must take our life into our arms and
call it our own. We must look at it squarely with all its unbecoming
qualities and find a way to love it anyway. Only from that complete
embrace can a life begin to grow into what it is meant to become."
Excerpted from the upcoming book "On Belonging" © Toko-pa Turner 2014 |
