Relationship with self
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. —Meditations 5.16
What made the hours pass like minutes when you were a child? Herein lies the key to your earthly pursuits.” — Carl Jung
My therapist told me this, and it changed my life:
"You're not healing to be able to handle trauma, pain, anxiety, depression. You're used to those.
You're healing to be able to handle joy and to accept happiness back into your life."
Quiet Wisdomsubstack.comStuff happens. Your stories about it determine whether it’s manageable or not.
Dr. Steven Brownlowtwitter.comWriter 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."
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.
A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense.
— Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
— Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov