Contradictions
The heart is an organ of paradox: it empties and fills simultaneously.
Heart of Paradox
I yam ruled by honor
and its contradictions
There are no more tricks to play when the frightened mind and the seeking mind meet.
They’ll tell you, you need to be kind and forthright and aggressive and meditative and a free spirit and dependable and cautious and not be pushed around and live free or die and be helpful and put your own gas mask on first and be spiritual and religious and empirical and scientific and hate this and vault that and play to your talents and always
... See more"it's ironic that the world always asks for everything new and original and at the same time rejects anything that does not follow common patterns or rules"
Feel safe forgetting so you can forget and remember, simultaneously.
We like to think of it as the work of singular geniuses whose motivations are purely creative and untainted by the market — this, despite the fact that music, publishing, and film have always been for-profit industries where formulaic, churned-out work is what often sells best.
Rebecca Jennings • Everybody Has to Self-Promote Now. Nobody Wants To.
We’re highly attuned to contradictions, I think. You might say they make us who we are. Even our attitude to contradictions is contradictory - we indulge our own but deny others the right to any.
thinking: knowing your hypocrisy may be the greatest underestimated power in leadership. by knowing the thing you do that you resent in others, perhaps we can avoid some of life's greatest traps.
a quick and easy gym for this muscle? while driving, what you critique in others,… Show more