Relationship with self
What made the hours pass like minutes when you were a child? Herein lies the key to your earthly pursuits.” — Carl Jung
Ask good questions.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Fail like a scientist
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, ra
... See moreFarnam Street • Hunter S. Thompson’s Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life
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."
“"Anxiety about what one feels might also be seen as the spread, and the vulgarization, of the Romantic “quest for personality.” Such a quest has not been conducted in a social vacuum; it is the conditions of ordinary life which have propelled people into this Romantic search for self-realization. Further, it has been beyond the scope of literary s
... See moreYou 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
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.comIf it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. —Meditations 12.17
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. —Meditations 5.16