relationship with self
how we relate with and feel about ourselves
Supritha S and
relationship with self
Imagine waking up and feeling curious about what the day might bring. Imagine feeling that subtle excitement about getting to know yourself more. Imagine feeling drawn toward your own routines, your habits, your interests, the way you’d be drawn toward someone who excites you. Imagine treating your life like it has hidden layers, little secrets,... See more
Gabrielle Dubois Meloff • How to flirt with your life
We all have very good reasons not to trust ourselves. We’ve all betrayed ourselves badly, repeatedly, shamefully, and knowingly. Show me someone who hasn’t abandoned themselves, and I will show you a child. As we grow into adults, our world opens and we make mistakes. Ignoring your own needs and deserting yourself is a universal mistake.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
In his work ‘On the Meaning of Life’ (1927), Schlick writes: ‘[T]he deification of work as such, the great gospel of our industrial age, has been exposed as idolatry.’ He argues that true meaning in life can be found only in those things that ‘exist for their own sake and carry their satisfaction in themselves,’ only in ‘free, purposeless action …
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The summary of all self-help is to focus on the long-term in everything you do!
Divya Mittaltwitter.comThis is the ultimate trapdoor in the hall of fame; to become a prisoner of one's own persona. The desire for recognition in an increasingly atomized world lures us to be who strangers wish us to be. And with personal development so arduous and lonely, there is ease and comfort in crowdsourcing your identity. But amid such temptations, it's worth... See more