Reflection

“…nobody can stand truth if it is told to him. Truth can be tolerated only if you discover it yourself because then, the pride of discovery makes the truth palatable.” – Fritz Perls

We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust.
― David Levithan

“Sometimes you don’t know when you’re taking the first step through a door until you’re already inside.” ― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

I am not in this world to live up to other people’s expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. – Fritz Perls

In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth? ― Carl R. Rogers