recovery

God makes you walk in circles until you’re exhausted enough to just be yourself

if you're dealing with insecurity or impostor syndrome I recommend not having a life narrative. you can just do your best at whatever task and connect with whomever seems to welcome connection if you're not worried how it fits into your life story

Have faith: whatever the goal, the universe will provide lessons. Those lessons will either contain the growth to make you strong enough to accomplish the goal, or the wisdom to see a better goal.

maybe "lie constantly to everyone for convenience" is a bad cultural value that causes more problems than we realize

When drawing, the trick is to spend more time looking at the thing you are trying to draw than at your picture. This is true for writing, too.

The more of a substantial person you are, the better you make the lives of those around you.

All addiction, at its heart, is addiction to unconsciousness.

It doesn’t matter if it’s social media addiction or heroin addiction.

The addict is always trying to block out consciousness by covering it in stimulation or numbness.

This means the cure to addiction is always more consciousness.

But consciousness can’t just be willed into existence.

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The gap between knowing what you want and going after it is where fear thrives. You don't need enough courage for the entire journey. You only need courage for the next step.