Saturday, February 3, 2007

Early Morning Companion

Trying to be good, orderly, and compliant in the face of inner or outer peril or in order to hide a critical psychic or real-life situation de-souls a woman. It cuts her from her knowing; it cuts her from her ability to act.

from Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes; Ballantine Books; New York; 1992

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