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21 " My only requirement was that the house have a basement so we could provide housing for the poor. Kelly "
― Marsha M. Linehan , Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir
22 " bought her share. I stayed in that house for almost twenty years, almost always sharing it with at least one other person. I had learned that particular lesson well—that I was happier living with people, not being alone. "
23 " Peace and joy in God!!!! May her blessings be with you. Marsha "
24 " Wisdom and freedom require the ability to allow the natural flow of emotions to come and go, experiencing emotions but not being controlled by emotions. Always having to prevent or suppress emotions is a form of being controlled by emotions. "
― Marsha M. Linehan , DBT Skills Training: Manual
25 " Marsha, wouldn't you rather have the freedom to not have what you want, whatever it is? Wouldn't you feel better if you were free not to have all the things you think you want?" .. Pat was right. We are better off accepting what life has to offer, rather than living under the tyranny of having to have things we don't yet have. This is not to say that we are to be completely passive—not at all. It means that we should strive for important goals, but we must radically accept that we might not obtain them. It is letting go of having to have. And accepting what is. "
26 " We knew you were gone. We figured out it was something problematic. But mum was the word.” According to Margie Pielsticker, “All of a sudden she was gone. We were told that she was at home, sick. No one knew why. Those were the years when you didn’t talk about mental illness. "
27 " gift. "
28 " saw that my clients very probably had experienced an invalidating environment for much of their lives, and probably a traumatic invalidating environment. "
29 " When we are free, we can look in the face of our cravings and desires and say "I don't have to satisfy you. "
