…the best you can do is be present to the moment, be open to the learning and the unlearning, and trust that you’re doing the work of love. As you read this book, you may get overwhelmed. When you do, come back to this page and read these words again. Repeat them to yourself as a kind of medicine: I am a human being. I am always arriving.

i absolutely love this introduction and the way it invites the reader to be vulnerable and to posture themself as a learner. being at peace with never knowing it all and never being perfect is a challenge, especially for those of us who are sensitive to the ways that affects others. this positioning at the start of the book is so crucial to facilitating more soul-deep change—the soft vulnerability it fosters means the truths can penetrate far deeper.

I found this book randomly through the online library and put it on hold and waited. Only realized now that I borrowed the book that it is the second in a series. I have other books to finish first but will I be okay reading this out of order?

…the best you can do is be present to the moment, be open to the learning and the unlearning, and trust that you’re doing the work of love. As you read this book, you may get overwhelmed. When you do, come back to this page and read these words again. Repeat them to yourself as a kind of medicine: I am a human being. I am always arriving.

i absolutely love this introduction and the way it invites the reader to be vulnerable and to posture themself as a learner. being at peace with never knowing it all and never being perfect is a challenge, especially for those of us who are sensitive to the ways that affects others. this positioning at the start of the book is so crucial to facilitating more soul-deep change—the soft vulnerability it fosters means the truths can penetrate far deeper.