recovery
Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself less.
You need to be service maxxing, looking for every opportunity to be of service to others and forgetting about yourself in the process.
Jason Snyder • Tweet
There's an idea I think I picked up from Robert Kegan, the idea of an "evolutionary balance" in your personality structure. Or maybe it was “evolutionary truce.” The idea, as I remember it, is that your personality is made of many different dynamic forces, all pulling and pushing in different ways. For most of your life, those forces find an... See more
Destabilization & the Frequency of Values
It’s common for addicts to realize that it’s addiction all the way down. While some of us have had more “extreme” addictions, all of us have been captured by a recurring false possibility that a certain solution will ease our pain, only to make our problems and pain worse.
It’s baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive,... See more
It’s baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive,... See more
Dan Hunt on Substack
Often when people are stuck in life it’s because they’re holding out for the delusional possibility of a costless way of getting what they want, instead of just paying the cost
Sasha Chapinx.comThe more you thank God for the life you have, the more your life starts to look like the one you want.
Amanda Fortini • Tweet
"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 moreWe all have very good reasons not to trust ourselves. We’ve all betrayed ourselves badly, repeatedly, shamefully, and knowingly. Show me someone who hasn’t abandoned themselves, and I will show you a child. As we grow into adults, our world opens and we make mistakes. Ignoring your own needs and deserting yourself is a universal mistake.
