"I cannot express it; but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you. What were the use of my creation, if I were entirely contained here?" ~ Emily Brontë
The weight of #caring - professionally/ personally/ globally - is significant. Lately I've been 'feeling' too much, my compassion for others has exhausted me. Today though, a #SpacesForListening session reminded me that I'm not alone & that boundaries come in all shapes & sizes.
"Accept your own aloneness and stick to it, all your life. And then accept the times when the gap is filled in, when they come. But they've got to come. You can't force them." ~ D.H. Lawrence
Autumn on Krestovsky Island 🎨 Ivan Shishkin (1892)
