I have worn my heart on my sleeve because it is too painful to carry it inside my chest. When I carry it on my sleeve, it has the freedom to exist, to beat in rhythm with the Universe.I feel like I'm more alive and yes, there are those who out of curiosity will say or do things that can cause its delicate existence to feel pain and sorrow. I would rather deal with that, than to put it back in its little cage where it knows nothing else but the rhythm of my body and my Ego.My heart was never meant to be part of my Ego.My heart was meant to experience the Soul. C.C. Campbell
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"I have worn my heart on my sleeve because it is too painful to carry it inside my chest.When I carry it on my sleeve, it has the freedom to exist, to beat in rhythm with the Universe.I feel like I'm more alive and yes, there are those who out of curiosity will say or do things that can cause its delicate existence to feel pain and sorrow.I would rather deal with that, than to put it back in its little cage where it knows nothing else but the rhythm of my body and my Ego.My heart was never meant to be part of my Ego.My heart was meant to experience the Soul." This quote from a poet's letter about her experiences with depression is extremely powerful. It expresses so much about the human condition and how we try so hard to hide from our own emotions. We all have a sense of sadness deep within us that we rarely confront directly - instead we come up with elaborate stories and excuses as to why we can't just deal with things directly. The truth is that if we could just look at the sadness in our own eyes, we would find that it is a part of us and always has been. The way out lies in accepting that sadness is a necessary part of being human and that this acceptance lies at the heart of the process of healing from depression.

Source: The Stolen Light Of Women: A Quest For Spiritual Truth Beyond Religion

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