recovery
Embed future in today. Action bias in here and now. And weave time to unleash compounding. Small steady steps in right direction
The more you cling to certainty, the more identity rules your life.
Brett Kistler • Tweet
PAUSE: Postpone Action Until Serenity Enters.
Forgiveness performed from obligation does two things: it excuses the behavior of others, and it reduces our ability to be conscious and present with the pain we truly feel.
When we rush to forgiveness, we lose our connection to our original wounds.
When we rush to forgiveness, we lose our connection to our original wounds.
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God, grant me the serenity to
Accept the things I cannot change
Courage to change the things I can
And wisdom to know the difference
Humility isn't false modesty. True humility is feeling the fullness of your desire for the spotlight, and choosing not to be noticed
Vivid Void • Tweet
It sometimes feels like a shift that changes when observed, whose effects neutralize if paying too close of attention for whether “this” shift will be “the” shift. It’s perplexing that a salvific shift could itself be cunning, baffling, and powerful, not just the addiction.
The Work Is Not Recovery
"The particular nature of our shame tells us exactly all the ways we need to come out of hiding. Shame is difficult, shame is painful, shame is our reinforced recoil from the same experiences that previously seemed to break our hearts and made us feel shameful in the first place. But shame is our constant companion, who for our own good and for the
... See moreHave 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.