Relationship with self
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 rig
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I started to talk about my fears and my hurt. I started questioning what was important to me and why
Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness
“A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.” – Kevin Kelly
Collaborative Fund • Smart Words From Smart People
“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”
Rituale lassen sich als symbolische Techniken der Einhausung definieren. Sie verwandeln das In-der-Welt-Sein in ein Zu-Hause-Sein. Sie machen aus der Welt einen verlässlichen Ort. Sie sind in der Zeit das, was im Raum eine Wohnung ist. Sie machen die Zeit bewohnbar. Ja, sie machen sie begehbar wie ein Haus. Sie ordnen die Zeit, richten sie ein. In
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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
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