Enough shadow inside to own the light...

When you reach a stage where you can have a very dark and difficult experience, without having to look on the "bright side,", then you know that you have made progress on your healign journey. Because one significant measure of our emotional health, is our capacity to tolerate all of our experiences without jumping to reactive reframes. You reach a stage where you can stretch to accommodate the truth of your lived experience. You have enought light inside, to own the shadow. And enough shadow inside, to own the light. - Jeff Brown, Heatriculations