I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.

Steve Martin
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When you resist all things outside of yourself, you constrict your life, close off things that could make you better, and narrow the channels into yourself. You become like a tree that is choked with vines. Instead of growing in love, you become more and more closed off to the world around you. The best way to deal with this is to let go of what resists and embrace what accepts. Acceptance is important because it allows for growth.

Source: The Pleasure Of My Company

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