— Anaïs Nin https://t.co/QVsRQ75MN3
Your life is about giving, not taking. It is a giving that requires no receiving,
A Wayfarer • Te of Tao
because I have deep fear that receiving that much valuing would threaten my story about myself (that I'm bad, dubious, wrong).
Carolyn Elliott • Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power (A method for getting what you want by getting off on what you don't)
PHILOSOPHER: And now, you are seeking only “to have something given” to you, without having given anything. Just like a beggar. It is not that you are poor financially, but that you are poor in spirit. YOUTH: You disrespectful son of a … !! PHILOSOPHER: We have to keep our hearts abundant and give what we have saved up to others. We must not wait f
... See moreFumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Happy: Discover the Power of Positive Psychology and Choose Happiness Every Day
It all tightens until what others need is anticipated beyond what is real, and then, without any true need being voiced, an anxiety to respond builds that can only be relieved if something is offered or done. At the heart of this is the ever-present worry that unless doing something for another there is no possibility of being loved. So the needs o
... See moreMark Nepo • The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Self-Hate Accounting: The “Insufficient Funds” Rule STUDENT: Why do I never feel that I have been good enough and generous enough? I try and try but this little nagging guilty feeling is always here. GUIDE: Good question. I look at this a lot. It’s just so pervasive in human experience. I was talking about it earlier and gave this example: You go a
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