Lael Johnson
@beadgold
Retired cat lady and life coach. Also a Jesus believer/follower, creative, loves Japanese culture, Celtic music, Pinterest and clean humor, plus other stuff.
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None of us live in an objective world, but instead in a subjective world that we ourselves have given meaning to. The world you see is different from the one I see, and it’s impossible to share your world with anyone else.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
“Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking.
You don’t need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.”
You don’t need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: New Paths, the Danger of Complexity, and Making Fast Decisions - James Clear
Cultural power can be defined very simply as the ability to successfully propose a new cultural good.
Tish Harrison Warren • Culture Making
We run from experience to experience like children in a candy store and wonder how serenity has eluded us. It is walking through life with a relaxed grasp and a focused eye that gets us to where we’re going.
Joan Chittister • The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century (Spiritual Legacy Series)
A daily and chosen “attitude of gratitude” will keep your hands open to expect that life, allow that life, and receive life at ever-deeper levels of satisfaction—but never to think you deserve it. Those who live with such open and humble hands receive life’s “gifts, full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over into their lap” (Luke
... See moreRichard Rohr • Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
Generosity is not a loan to repay or a debt to settle. It's a gift to appreciate. Yes, you can reciprocate a favor by paying it back. But the best way to honor an act of kindness is by paying it forward.