![]() It’s not like you’re this one terrible thing and then you’re suddenly this one beautiful, wonderful thing. … It’s huddling in the dark cocoon and then pushing your way out.” Can you talk about the true nature of transformation?įirst of all, it’s not as black and white as we all think. You write, “Transformation isn’t a butterfly. … But some kind of particular strength rises out of doing it all on your own. I also think that it’s really something else to be alone because there is nobody to buffer the experience between you and the world, there is nobody to lean on in hard times, there is nobody to distract you from your loneliness or your thoughts. I feel like everyone should get to have that experience. It’s a shared experience that you forever have that bonds you. … You face these challenges together, you see these beautiful things together. I think that there is a wonderful thing that can happen if you’re with one other person or your family or a group of friends. And some of the questions just sort of settled and fell away in that space. Another line from “Wild” is, “The sky doesn’t wonder what it is or who it is or what time it is.” Suddenly, on the trail there was a kind of clarity and radical simplicity, by which I mean simplicity at its core, that I felt a part of. So what I felt at that time was this kind of confusion. You include a quote from “Wild” that ends with “Of all the things I’d been skeptical about, I didn’t feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that included me.” How did your trek help you find clarity? And this applies to so many parts of life too. And now I look back and think I’m so glad that I was brave enough to break my own heart - and I wish that I had been braver sooner because maybe I would have broken his a little less. ![]() And so I needed to leave him, even though there were huge parts of me that wanted to stay. … In my case, in my first marriage I did love my husband, but I didn’t want to be married to him. I’ve learned over and over in my life that there are so many times where you actually have to make a choice that’s hard for you in order to make your life better. ![]()
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