Are we responsible for other people's emotions?
Just because somebody asked you a question doesn’t mean you have to answer it. Dramatic people are fueled by reactions. When you stop reacting, they go away. Same goes for yourself. Your emotions insist they need you to respond. When you ignore the urges, they go away too.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
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The social standard this culture offers is one of controlled, placated solitude. Its narrative often insists that you’re surrounded by toxic people who are trying to hurt you, and the only way to ever become the person you’re meant to be is to cut them all off, retreat into a high-gloss cocoon of talk therapy and Notion templates, and emerge a non-... See more
rayne fisher-quann • No Good Alone
For example, if we accept that anger is part of who we are, when we recognise we are angry we have a chance to construct, dig, build, and carry heavy burdens with the strength that anger builds within us. Likewise too much compassion, and we drown in it. To have compassion is to give, tend and nurture, but in our perfectly imperfect state, this can
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