Say it again! | EP9 The Friendly Ghost
This may be a weird thing to admit, but part of my Monday morning routine involves listening to Warmly! I love listening to the finished product right along with everybody else.
What I found myself doing *this* time last week was taking notes on the actual words that Katie shared with us. And what I realized (as if this wasn’t evident while knee-deep in editing), was that there were some bits she shared that made me want to sit & savor just a little longer.
I’ve compiled my list of my favorite quotes of hers here:
“What I seek in friendships now is a mutual sharing of joys and despairs.”
“If the trust is not there then the vulnerability can cause pain; not generative pain, but painful pain.”
“Without reciprocity, friendship can disintegrate or dissolve.”
“If there is no real connection it can be almost voyeuristic for one person to be receiving and never giving.”
“I was collecting other people’s pain, but never sharing my own.”
“I want to give people space to learn and grow because I need that space.”
“Teaching a child total depravity is like telling them ‘you cannot trust the way you feel, the way you think, the way you react, because you are sinful at your core.’ A lot of people have been victims of abuse because they have been told ‘you can’t trust how your body or your spirit reacts.’”
“In our home growing up there was a lot of chaos; thank god [my parents] have been sober my entire life but that is not to say they did not have some of the characteristics of alcoholics without the drinking.”
“I felt like I had a responsibility to keep the peace because there was so much chaos. I saw the sharing of my pain as a negative thing because it would take away from [my parents] healing.”
What was your favorite thing Katie shared?
Lots of love,
Kaia
