We know soul is being cared for when our pleasures feel deeper than usual, when we can let go of the need to be free of complexity and confusion, when compassion takes the place of mistrust and fear. – Thomas Moore
The psychological truth in “The Red Shoes” is that a woman’s meaningful life can be pried, threatened, robbed or seduced away from her unless she holds on to or retrieves her basic joy and wild worth. The tale calls our attention to traps and poisons we too easily take onto ourselves when we are caught in a famine of wild soul.
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