By Danya Ruttenberg — 2016
What if our own crucible of self-sacrifice can teach us more about enlightenment than male mystics ever could?
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CLEAR ALL
So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.
Now, five years later, this is blindingly obvious to me – and my son has become the happiest I’ve seen him since he was a child.
They call me Bapa.
“Maybe instead of biology, I should be cursing the culture that taught me I’m less of a woman because I can’t have children.”