"Love of other people always is a sustaining factor. In a sense, however, living for others is a "gimmick", a stopgap measure like surgery or chemotherapy, which can buy time until people learn to live authentically for themselves."
I know I am learning and growing so much right now. I am pursuing wellness; not just of my body, but my mind and spirit as well. I am being stretched beyond all my comforts and past everything I feel capable of. And I will get there.
That quote resonates with me. Because even some of my prayers have been not to die to spare others the grief, or so that I can keep loving them and caring for them... I know I need to learn to live for me. And I will.
I talked about this quote elsewhere, but it captures the sentiment I am feeling now so well:
"When the imitation of Christ does not mean to live a life like Christ, but to live your life as authentically as Christ lived his, then there are many ways and forms in which a man can be a Christian." H. J. M. Nouwen
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