Self-care is not about self-indulgence , it is about self-preservati on.
Interpretation
Self-care prioritizes well-being and preservation rather than mere indulgence.
Audre Lorde's quote emphasizes that self-care should not be mistaken for selfishness or indulgent behavior; rather, it is a necessary practice for maintaining one's health and well-being. By focusing on self-preservation, individuals can sustain themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally, enabling them to engage more fully with the world around them.
In practice
Use this quote in a wellness workshop to emphasize the importance of taking care of oneself.
The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
The appetite grows with eating.
A few years ago I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of teaching, he said with a funny wrinkle in his eyes: I have always been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I slowly discovered that my interruptions were my work.
As you get older, you want less from the world; you just want to experience it. Any barriers to feeling emotions get dismantled. And ordinary things become beautifully poetic.
Our self-perception determines our behavior. If we think weβre small, limited, inadequate creatures, then we tend to behave that way, and the energy we radiate reflects those thoughts no matter what we do. If we think weβre magnificent creatures with an infinite abundance of love and power to give, then we tend to behave that way. Once again, the energy around us reflects our state of awareness.
Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.
I like old men. They can be wonderful bastards because they have nothing to lose. The only people who can be themselves are babies and old bastards.
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