Being in the right place with the right people

'Being with real people who warm us, who endorse and exalt our creativity, is essential to the flow of creative life.  Otherwise we freeze.  Nurture is a chorus of voices both from within and without that notices the state of a woman's being, takes care to encourage it, and if necessary, gives comfort as well.  I'm not certain how many friends one needs, but definitely one or two who think your gift, whatever it may be is "pan del cielo", the bread of heaven.'

(Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women who run with the wolves)