At bottom is the best soil to sow and grow something new again. In that sense, hitting bottom, while extremely painful, is also the sowing ground. Clarissa Pinkola Estes More Quotes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes More Quotes From Clarissa Pinkola Estes Stories are medicine. Clarissa Pinkola Estes medicine stories The deterioration of symbols is natural. They wear out, needing to be reclaimed, recreated; returned to the spirit. Clarissa Pinkola Estes deterioration spirit natural If logic was anything, all men would ride sidesaddles. Clarissa Pinkola Estes logic ifs men We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others. Clarissa Pinkola Estes strong helping-others brave Art is not meant to be created in stolen moments only. Clarissa Pinkola Estes stolen moments art Wolves never look more funny than when they have lost the scent and scrabble to find it again: they hop in the air; they run in circles, they plow up the ground with their noses . . . . Clarissa Pinkola Estes circles air running You must become an activist if you are going to live the natural life. Clarissa Pinkola Estes live become you life There's a reason poets often say, 'Poetry saved my life,' for often the blank page is the only one listening to the soul's suffering, the only one registering the story completely, the only one receiving all softly and without condemnation. Clarissa Pinkola Estes my-life poetry soul life It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says nothing good comes of this is not yet listening. Clarissa Pinkola Estes nothing good misery listening The drive toward Life is protective, thoughtful, vulnerable, and invested in immaculate love. It is this last that marks the difference between a wise heart muddy with real life experiences in the trenches and a dry heart that functions on rote concepts alone. Clarissa Pinkola Estes alone heart love life Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons. Clarissa Pinkola Estes seasons forgiveness sitting people You know the best thing about having a house? You get to plant whatever you want in the yard and watch it grow. Clarissa Pinkola Estes grow best you plant Cynicism means the conduit to the soul has a great kink in it, like a garden hose in which nothing flows in either direction. Clarissa Pinkola Estes nothing great garden soul To Than Shwe, a kingdom in return for the eternal soul is just the right egregious trade-off. Than Shwe is a general who carries the light of unbounded ambition. Clarissa Pinkola Estes just light ambition soul I know people heal by being able to tell the story - the whole story. Clarissa Pinkola Estes story being know people Forgive: Make a conscious decision to cease to harbor resentment, which includes forgiving a debt and giving up one's resolve to retaliate. Clarissa Pinkola Estes forgive giving-up decision giving Forget: Refuse to dwell; let go and loosen one's hold, particularly on memory. To forget is an active - not passive - endeavor. Clarissa Pinkola Estes let-go memory go forget No Latina woman would be called 'Ms.' - that's an invention of middle-class Anglo women. Latina women are proud to be called 'Mrs.' That simply means that we have a family. Clarissa Pinkola Estes woman women family proud
