Whatever your spiritual practice is, if it's not making you more honest in your relationships, it's not working
Vivid Voidtwitter.comWhatever your spiritual practice is, if it's not making you more honest in your relationships, it's not working
Being honest also helps. Every time I’ve shared the burdens and realities of what I’m going through with others, either 1:1 or publicly, the universe finds mysterious ways to help. People are tired of filters and polished stories of overnight success. Vulnerability is refreshing.
Sari Azout • Sari Azout on Building Emotional Capital
My patients have taught me that honesty enhances awareness, creates more satisfying relationships, holds us accountable to a more authentic narrative, and strengthens our ability to delay gratification. It may even prevent the future development of addiction.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
A split second spent on doing something beneficial that also brings you closer to the truth, however unpleasant or unfashionable, is far more valuable than engaging in an extravaganza of more enjoyable and ostentatiously helpful activities that merely result in a higher rebirth, or other worldly boons.