Dealing with Loneliness

Be Open to Love Again

You're not afraid of love. You're afraid of what love requires. The avoidance is a form of self-protection that has started to cost more than what it's protecting.

Parent Without Controlling

The love is not the problem. The anxiety underneath the love is expressing itself as control. Children need roots and wings — you've built extraordinary roots.

Make More Time for Fun

You take your life very seriously. Your life does not take itself seriously at all. This is the gap. Joy is not the reward for getting everything right. It is available now, in the absurdity of right now.