Reminders for myself
There's a moment when a person starts fearing the shoddy, half-lived life of indulged anxiety more than the cold millstone of courage, and something instantly changes in them. They become spiritually taller and three times as attractive
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Lisa Feldman Barrett Anger is a Form of Ignorance
youtube.combest decision making advice I've ever received, courtesy of @marcreisen ... always try to make sure you're running towards something (courage), instead of away from something (fear)
Jason Yuanx.comI often feel like I’m accumulating insight when I’m doing, but it doesn’t translate into changes in my action and perception unless I take a pause from doing. When acting on the world, I am like a dam filling with potential energy, but it is only in silence and stillness the dam can open up, and the insights I have accumulated can transform into... See more
www.henrikkarlsson.xyz • Two Kinds of Introspection
action AND contemplation!
[see: Fr. Richard Rohr]
Putting the idealism and pragmatism together is forever uncomfortable. Frequently the direction set by ideals means not taking the clearest practical path. More subtly, often as you go to put principles into practice, you realize that the ideal is not quite as simple as you thought when you started.