earning self-respect

The technique of merging rests upon the rock of gentleness. When we are gentle towards others, it does not mean that we allow them to walk all over us. It simply means that when we decide to take a stand in anything, we do so with respect towards others. By adding a soft touch to our daily doings, we create curves where there are hard edges and we

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hey bro. not a big deal but just checking in because it seems like your arc is stuck on filler episodes. i mean they’re cool and it’s nothing urgent but just wondering when the plot is going to start advancing again

most of the demons worth slaying, they're the children of Certainty and Convenience

Forgiveness performed from obligation does two things: it excuses the behavior of others, and it reduces our ability to be conscious and present with the pain we truly feel.

When we rush to forgiveness, we lose our connection to our original wounds.

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”

― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”