violentwavesofemotion: “If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story,...

violentwavesofemotion:

“If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much that you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, from  “Women who Run with the Wolves,” c. 1992