Going to yourself
Confronting trauma, pain, fears and desires and being more open with others about such things.
Going to yourself
Debunking the myth that enlightenment means never comparing yourself to others; true wisdom involves acknowledging transitory human emotions
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So the first myth is that there's some level of wisdom or enlightenment or success that you stop comparing yourself to others. There is no evidence of that. In fact, I find it very amusing how much like pop spirituality and pop self-help, when you actually look at what they idealize, it's basically just being a psychopath. Yeah. They're peddling
... See morenever thought to describe the fact that pop spirituality was indeed asking people to act like psychopaths
I feel like an anti-entrepreneur, in that it feels completely against my nature to come up with ideas that make money. It’s like I can conceive of every kind of idea except that kind.
Can you be a designer or marketer in today’s economy and offer services that are unattached to money, that don’t promise a major financial benefit?
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I have a full life. A privileged life. An unendangered life. But sometimes the simple joys escape me. Joy is not always a feeling that is freely bestowed upon us, often it is something we must actively seek. In a way, joy is a decision, an action, even a practised method of being. It is an earned thing brought into focus by what we have lost — at... See more
Maria Popova • Audubon on other minds and the secret knowledge of animals, the paradox of joy with Nick Cave and Lisel Mueller, how Dostoyevsky became a writer
I struggle to let joy overwhelm me, rather than fear and self doubts and despair
More and more often, I find myself thinking about how my life would be generally more positive without the internet’s presence. This hopefulness is always immediately followed by anxiety that I won’t have access to the internet’s wealth of self-optimization knowledge. How could I give up this shrieking mass of ways to improve myself? The
... See moreThe harsh truth is that emotional strength is often a necessity, not a choice. After all who wants to be thrown out into a storm and count “not screaming” as an achievement. Most of us grow up not wanting or imagining to be thrown into a storm in the first place. But when we face life’s toughest realities, emotional strength becomes essential for... See more
Tahira Tahir • Strength is overrated
Reading this reminds me how I’ve very rarely chased chased strength in life. Growing up, strong people reminded me of those masculine figures in my life, family or friends, that made me feel insecure and less than. So becoming as strong as them was never the goal.
Strength is overrated. Emotional strength is often a… | by Tahira Tahir | Medium
Another misconception about strength is it’s permanence. Life, in itself, isn’t constant. Moreover, the circumstances that call for strength are transient too. A person who has been emotionally strong in one situation could be extremely fragile in another situation. Isn’t it unfair on our part to make the assumption that strength is a state of mind... See more
Tahira Tahir • Strength is overrated
Another capture from this blog post, but there’s just a lot here I relate to and I’d love to unpack.
Strength is overrated. Emotional strength is often a… | by Tahira Tahir | Medium
As much as we glorify emotional strength, let’s just all accept that strength is on most times an obligation, not a choice. An obligation created by circumstances.
Tahira Tahir • Strength is overrated
Makes me think about being soft instead and what that means
Strength is overrated. Emotional strength is often a… | by Tahira Tahir | Medium