“After a lifetime of working with the poor and sick, Mother Theresa’s surprising insight was: “The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but rather the feeling of not belonging.” In our own society, this disease has reached epidemic proportions. We long to belong and feel as if we don’t deserve to.“

–Tara Brach from Radical Acceptance

“After a lifetime of working with the poor and sick, Mother Theresa’s surprising insight was: “The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but rather the feeling of not belonging.” In our own society, this disease has reached epidemic proportions. We long to belong and feel as if we don’t deserve to.”

— Tara Brach from Radical Acceptance