Quotes
“Between the stimulus and response there is a space. In that space it is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom” -Victor E. Frankl
Shame is an emotion that we experience when we've violated some social norm, or some perceived social norm we fear that we have, and we've got to keep our actions secret. Because to reveal them could lead to being cast out of the community or some terrible repercussions. That's how important belonging is.
“People are always looking for happiness at some future time and in some new thing, or some new set of circumstances, in possession of which they some day expect to find themselves. But the fact is, if happiness is not found now, where we are, and as we are, there is little chance of it ever being found. There is a great deal more happiness around ... See more
Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy
glennon doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
- Mary Oliver
you don't think your way into a new way of behaving. You behave your way into a new way of thinking.
Albert Einstein: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Elizabeth Kolbert • Under a White Sky
Don’t turn your head. Keep looking at the bandaged place. That’s where the Light enters you. —Rumi (1995)