“I'm basically eating myself to feed myself.” I know. I know. But the world is harsh and the knife is sharp and I still think I can carve out my peace in it. (Thank you for speaking to so many of us.)
Thank you for responding to it. Likes are nice but comments are where it's at. 😁
I can't argue with that. I don't think it's time to put aside our sharp knives. Quite the contrary. I think it's time to fight back and carve out our peace/piece (I like what you did there.) But that's all the more reason to make sure we're being good to ourselves, to make sure our knives are pointed in the right directions and that we're strong enough to wield them.
Gotta save the white hot rage for when we truly need it.
I'm working on a post about joyful rage...hope you'll check that one out too.
God I love your writing. It’s so interesting what we all lean into in terms of adapting and survival. I am learning to lean more into rage, and to alchemize it to something different. But the relationship feels COMPLICATED. Sigh. This was a good one.
Thank you so much for saying that. I'll tell you a secret (which shows that I clearly don't understand how commenting on the internet works 😆). I got so discouraged (for a variety of reasons) after this post that I strongly considered giving up on Substack. Your feedback is more helpful than you know. (or maybe you do).
And yes, I think any relationship with rage is complicated...I know mine is, because of who I was in my 20s, because of who my father was, and because of how I've been socialized as a woman. But I also think it would be really interesting to see how the world would change if more women leaned into their rage.
“I'm basically eating myself to feed myself.” I know. I know. But the world is harsh and the knife is sharp and I still think I can carve out my peace in it. (Thank you for speaking to so many of us.)
Thank you for responding to it. Likes are nice but comments are where it's at. 😁
I can't argue with that. I don't think it's time to put aside our sharp knives. Quite the contrary. I think it's time to fight back and carve out our peace/piece (I like what you did there.) But that's all the more reason to make sure we're being good to ourselves, to make sure our knives are pointed in the right directions and that we're strong enough to wield them.
Gotta save the white hot rage for when we truly need it.
I'm working on a post about joyful rage...hope you'll check that one out too.
Absolutely!
God I love your writing. It’s so interesting what we all lean into in terms of adapting and survival. I am learning to lean more into rage, and to alchemize it to something different. But the relationship feels COMPLICATED. Sigh. This was a good one.
Thank you so much for saying that. I'll tell you a secret (which shows that I clearly don't understand how commenting on the internet works 😆). I got so discouraged (for a variety of reasons) after this post that I strongly considered giving up on Substack. Your feedback is more helpful than you know. (or maybe you do).
And yes, I think any relationship with rage is complicated...I know mine is, because of who I was in my 20s, because of who my father was, and because of how I've been socialized as a woman. But I also think it would be really interesting to see how the world would change if more women leaned into their rage.
Thanks again for your words.