and no matter how damaged you are, it is still there, intact.
There is a part of us that this world, its dangers and dramas
and cruelties, can not touch.
All the healing I have been able to do is because of that
place inside of me -- and the help I've gotten to be able
to keep coming back.
As long as there is breath coming in and out of you there
is hope for peace and beauty in your life. It's not entirely
in our control, luckily. It's there whether we pay attention
or not.
Although likely every part of your mind may be saying
that life is shit, and hopeless, there's another message
and it's not coming from the outside. It's so quiet, it is
such a gentle voice but it is inside of you.
Try to turn down the volume of your thoughts, and listen
to this quiet voice, it is your own heart. And it is so powerful.
It has been said that while we think we are yearning
for peace, it is peace who is yearning for us.
Don't buy into the negative, it is all lies. Be kind to
yourself. Ignore the rest. 
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