Live Well
Thoughts on life.
Live Well
In short, what you resist, persists. You get more of what you resist.
The Disturbing Life Theory Carl Jung Wanted Everyone to Understand
THIS TOO SHALL PASS . This adage of Persian origin is a salve to parents everywhere. “Don’t worry,” it whispers seductively in your ear, “it won’t be like this forever.” And no lies were told. Once you begin to worship at the altar of “This too shall pass” your parenting struggles become something to be endured temporarily, rather than a Sisyphean... See more
Kevin Maguire • A Decade of Parenting
You cannot fear something that you do not know. Nobody is afraid of the unknown. What you really fear is the loss of the known. That’s what you fear.
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”
Maria Flynn • Opinion | The A.I. Economy Will Make Jobs More Human - The New York Times
What Does This Life Really Mean? - Jim Carrey
youtu.beCan we patiently and reasonably put our disappointments into words that, more or less, enable others to see our point? Or do we internalize pain, act it out symbolically or discharge it with counterproductive rage? When other people upset us, do we feel we have the right to communicate or must we slam doors and fall silent? When the desired... See more
Alain de Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education: An Emotional Education
The world has always rewarded those with contrarian patterns of living. Being different from the system is painful and awkward sometimes, but it allows an individual a richer life (literally and figuratively). The more addictive our technology becomes, the more lemminglike our world will become, and therefore, the more richly rewarded the few
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