on life
In Chinese medicine, stagnation is the cause of all illness. The yin/yang symbol—the circle with the swervy line separating the light and the dark?—is a representation of a wheel in motion. Life must move.
Kasia Urbaniak • Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power
You owe yourself a life well lived.
For the erotic is not a question only of what we do; it is a question of how acutely and fully we can feel in the doing. Once we know the extent to which we are capable of feeling that sense of satisfaction and completion, we can then observe which of our various life endeavours bring us closest to that fullness.
Audre Lorde. • Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
Of course, what you want will change over time. Who you think you are will change, too. Being able to periodically ask yourself these questions—What makes me feel alive today? What do I desire at this moment?—is the only way to stay updated with yourself as a being who evolves. Each new desire represents the next step on your unique path.
Kasia Urbaniak • Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power
Today, self-love is placed as the epitome of mental well-being. The collective history of psychological research robustly indicates that we all have a number of fixed psychological needs that, if unfulfilled, dictate our psychological health the same way unfulfilled physical needs dictate our physical health. For the largest part of human history... See more
They Convinced you to Love Yourself So you’d Forget to Respect Yourself
All of my violences might be seen this way: a descent, a rise, a sowing. If we sow them, every sacrifice becomes a harvest.
Melissa Febos • Girlhood
When we live outside ourselves, and by that I mean on external directives only rather than from our internal knowledge and needs, when we live away from those erotic guides from within ourselves, then our lives are limited by external and alien forms, and we conform to the needs of a structure that is not based on human need, let alone an... See more
Audre Lorde. • Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
people around me are succeeding in what I want to do, and if I feel a strong internal pull towards it, that’s all the convincing I need. But most people don’t assign any value to this internal pull. Which is funny, because it’s one of the most accurate and important tools we have for navigating life.
My dad always talks about life as if you’re cooking food: All the flames on your stovetop have to be on and everything has to be cooking. Because if not, if your love life goes out, you’re fucked. If your family life or your business life or your music life goes out, you’re fucked. So it’s really trying to play this balancing game, and that’s kind... See more