"The most loving people are often the most fierce and the most acutely armed for battle". So Says Doctor Clarissa, And Charlie B.

Run With The Wolf.

"Some people mistake being loving for being a sap. Quite the contrary, the most loving people are often the most fierce and the most acutely armed for battle... for they care about preserving and protecting poetry, symphonic song, ideas, the elements, creatures, inventions, hopes and dreams, dances and holiness... those goodly endeavours that cannot be allowed to perish from this earth, else humanity itself would perish..."

"Having a lover / friend who regards you as a living growing criatura, being, just as much as the tree from the ground, or a ficus in the house, or a rose garden out in the side yard... having a lover and friends who look at you as a true living breathing entity, one that is human but made of very fine and moist and magical things as well... a lover and friends who support the criatura in you... these are the people you are looking for. They will be the friends of your soul for life.

Mindful choosing of friends and lovers, not to mention teachers, is critical to remaining conscious, remaining intuitive, remaining in charge of the fiery light that sees and knows."

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Phd Dr.

Clarissa Pinkola Estés is Mestiza Latina [Native American/ Mexica Spanish], presently in her seventies. She grew up in the now vanished oral tradition of her immigrant, refugee families who could not read nor write, or did so haltingly, and for whom English was their third language overlying their ancient natal languages.

Watch How The Flower Blooms In such times of shifting values, what remains standing is that which holds its worth under any degree of pressure or scrutiny. Be steady. Be true. Be an anchor and you'll never keel.