Concept: Hold both

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoingthere is a field.

I’ll meet you there. ~Rumi


We often define other people by their worst moments. However, turn that perspective inward… would you want to be defined by your worst moments?

Recognise that life can be complicated. People are complex.

You are allowed to dislike some things that someone has done…while still loving them for everything else.


The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald


A scenic view of a grassy field under a cloudy sky, accompanied by a text message saying 'I'll meet you there...'.

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