aging, being-alive, being-different, difference, intensity, love, loving, obedience, obeying, people-pleasing, pleasing-others, respect, respecting, wisdom

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)

Eve Ensler, I am an Emotional Creature