I must
learn to love the
fool in me--the one who
feels too much,
talks too much, takes
too many chances,
wins sometimes and
loses often, lacks self-control,
loves and
hates, hurts and gets hurt,
promises and breaks promises,
laughs and cries. It alone
protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of
human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my
fool.
Theodore I. Rubin, MD
thanks to Jeneec from my home state of Texas for this!
Life photo via ffffound
11 comments:
This is a great thought!
Loving ourselves, every part of ourselves, is the first step to true happiness!!!
You always have the best quotes/words for whatever I'm going through. How on earth do you know?
From allllll the way over in Cali...thank you. XO
What a perfect sentiment. Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend!
That's my favourite quote too...And the quest of my life I suppose. :)
Perfect quote. Our respective fools make us beautiful and vulnerable and interesting. I'm so glad you shared this!
thanks for the quote! I think I needed that one. Sometimes it's so easy to shut off your true self around others, and when you do that you cheat yourself and you end up cheating them too. Life is so much better when you just let loose!
Ah...reading that pretty much sums me up. I actually wouldn't mind the tyrant sometimes....(:
Great quote!
i like this
*love* this -- I've been all over the place lately (literally, we just got in from Houston earlier this afternoon to meet with more family in our home town of Austin!), and I've been so hard on myself lately -- this quote is *perfect*! Thanks for sharing -- I'm totally sharing this too!
Oh. mY. Perfect.
Thank you.
oh wow, so awesome.
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