Reminders for myself
a big part of aging is gradually internalizing the fact that a lot of simple, time-honored wisdom actually does apply to your life and decision making and that you’re not some clever, special little exception
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You may be less powerful than the whole world, but you are always more powerful than yourself.
Reading Gillian Rose
“Most people never experience what it is like to be with someone that allows them to speak without
1. Judging you
2. Trying to fix you
3. Trying to help you
4. Trying to defend themselves
It can be a beautiful, psychoactive experience.”
—Joe Hudson
The parable of the second arrow is a well-known Buddhist story about dealing with suffering more skilfully. It is said the Buddha once asked a student,
‘If a person is struck by an arrow, is it painful? If the person is struck by a second arrow, is it even more painful?’
He then went on to explain,
‘In life, we can’t always control the first arrow.... See more
‘If a person is struck by an arrow, is it painful? If the person is struck by a second arrow, is it even more painful?’
He then went on to explain,
‘In life, we can’t always control the first arrow.... See more
The second arrow - Mindfulness Meditation
Perfect love casts out fear.
Whenever you hear yourself saying “I have to…”, change it to “I choose to…” Remembering you have choices does wonders for your well-being.
Julie Zuho
It is difficult to say anything more general about the inequalities inimical to love, because different kinds of disparities can inhibit or kill conversation, depending on the kind of conversation it is.
Sometimes one person is too slow, like Bruce, or too silly, like Mr. Collins, or too desperate to impress, like Miss Bingley, or too puffed up and
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