Relationship with self
by Andreas Vlach · updated 2mo ago
Relationship with self
by Andreas Vlach · updated 2mo ago
One of the great benefits of writing down the events in your life is that you will begin to see your existence as a grand story.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. —Meditations 5.16
Andreas Vlach added 5mo ago
“Rebecca Solnit put it much the same way…: ‘I suspect that the mind, like the feet, works at about three miles an hour. If this is so, then modern life is moving faster than the speed of thought.’ In other words, thoughts – or souls – can get left behind if their hosts move too quickly
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You may leave this life at any moment: have this possibility in your mind in all that you do or say or think. —Meditations 2.11
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Poet Mary Oliver on allowing yourself to be happy and full: "If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. ...whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb."
Andreas Vlach added 6mo ago
“Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.” — Rollo May, “Man’s Search for Himself”
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Writer James Baldwin on hate as a defense mechanism: "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."
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If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. —Meditations 12.17
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“There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.” — Albert Camus, “Notebooks (1942–1951)”
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“That was all a man needed: hope. It was a lack of hope that discouraged a man.” — Charles Bukowski, “Factotum”
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