mantras
Poet Marianne Moore offers a simple life strategy: "I've made it a principle not to be over-influenced by minor disappointments."
similarly - don’t be over-influenced by awkwardness
if you come across an explanation of vulnerability that doesn’t include setting boundaries or being clear on intentions, proceed with caution. Vulnerability for vulnerability’s sake is not effective, useful, or smart.
Brené Brown • Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
“The feeling of progress is one of the best feelings of all. This is true even when progress is small.”
3-2-1: On progress, friendship, and how to improve your writing
She ran her hand over her shorn head again, felt a stirring of pride mixed up with the pressure that was tightening in her like a bolt being turned into place. Her hair was a declaration, not an admission. All things should be declarations, not admissions.
Maggie Shipstead • Great Circle: the dazzling, instant New York Times bestseller
Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power.
Robert Greenetwitter.com
Miles Davis // "Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself."
instagram.comGenerosity is not timidity, empathy or availability
When stumped by a life choice, choose “enlargement” over happiness. I’m indebted to the Jungian therapist James Hollis for the insight that major personal decisions should be made not by asking, “Will this make me happy?”, but “Will this choice enlarge me or diminish me?” We’re terrible at predicting what will make us happy: the question swiftly... See more
oliverburkeman.com • Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life
Almost everything that is meaningful, beautiful, life-affirming, empowering, transformational, true—it can’t be reached by shortcuts. But what we can do is make the longcuts walkable, put out footbridges and stairs, and a table where the ocean comes into view.