“ Being realistic encompasses the negative, but it by no means excludes the positive. ”
Positive assumptions are needed only when you have negative assumptions that you’re trying to overcome. But when you drop your assumptions altogether, your soul stands naked in the open fields of possibility. And what you choose to create from that space is up to you.
~ T.k. Coleman
Keeping it real isn't just a matter of facing up to harsh facts. It also includes opening up to the plethora of possibilities that offer us ways of impacting the world in spite of adversity.
Inner-freedom is less about feeling good and more about learning to develop a healthy and harmonious relationship with the variety of emotional states you're likely to occupy over the course of a lifetime.
Our feelings are not there to be cast out or conquered. They’re there to be engaged and expressed with imagination and intelligence.
