Relationship with self
“There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.” — Albert Camus, “Notebooks (1942–1951)”
the self is no longer a subject but a project . The self is something to be optimised, to be maximised, to be made efficient, cultivated for its capacity for productive output. The worry is that all life activities become viewed as lines on a résumé. Knowingly or otherwise, we risk being constantly governed by the question How is what I’m doing
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I aspire to Isak Dinesen’s way: work a little every day, without hope and without despair. What a way to live! To make! To be!
sari azout • Things I'm Thinking About
As I said, to put our faith in tangible goals would seem to be, at best, unwise. So we do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor policemen, nor doctors. WE STRIVE TO BE OURSELVES.
But don’t misunderstand me. I don’t mean that we can’t BE firemen, bankers, or doctors— but that we must make the goal conform to the individual,
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“Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.” by Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg
Dense Discovery • Dense Discovery – Issue #251
