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You canāt wait until everyone understands you and gives you their permission and blessing to go live your life how you want. You donāt need to feel guilty about moving on, letting go, losing their dumb status games, and going after your own life goals. It is ok if youāre not properly calibrated to humanity and meet some people who try to take advan... See more
Patricia Mou ā¢ [non-paywalled issue] The Rabbit Hole š³š issue no.34
If you allow peopleās words and actions to distress you and alter your state of mind, then anyone can control you, and you will suffer forever. Real freedom is to mindfully observe, apply logic, breathe, and let it pass.
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As Maya Angelou famously advised, when people tell you who they are, believe them. Just as important, however, when people try to tell you who you are, donāt believe them. You are the only custodian of your own integrity, and the assumptions made by those that misunderstand who you are and what you stand for reveal a great deal about them and absol... See more
Maria Popova ā¢ 18 Life-Learnings From 18 Years of the Marginalian
āInvention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood. When you do something that you genuinely believe in, that you have conviction about, for a long period of time, well-meaning people may criticize that effort. To sustain yourself over this time, you canāt look for accolades, and you canāt rely on being understood.ā
Sari Az ā¢ Check your Pulse #49
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You canāt wait until everyone understands you and gives you their permission and blessing to go live your life how you want. You donāt need to feel guilty about moving on, letting go, losing their dumb status games, and going after your own life goals. It is ok if youāre not properly calibrated to humanity and meet some people
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Moving in your liberation does not, of course, mean people will always recognize it.