Joy

RIC_6125-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

He who binds to himself a joy

Doth the wingéd life destroy

But he who kisses the joy as it flies

Lives in Eternity’s sun rise.

William Blake

Story & Stories

RIC_6160-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

One’s story is not only one’s own.
It is always told against a background of others’ stories. 

Charlotte Linde, Working the Past: Narrative and Institutional Memory

Capacity to be alone

RIC_6171-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The capacity to be alone thus becomes linked

with self-discovery and self-realization;

with becoming aware of one’s deepest needs, feelings, and impulses.

Anthony Storr, Solitude: A Return to the Self

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