Reminders for myself
I used to be a parrot, echoing other people's ideas, opinions, and beliefs, because I wasn’t sure of my own. I thought that by ‘borrowing’ and mimicking, I’d be more likeable, it’d be easier to seem cool, clever, or to belong. Looking back now, it gives me the ick—the amount of shit I nodded along to, gross. I think I was scared of looking stupid,... See more
Zoe Scaman • Forty Years, Forty Lessons
You don’t have to do things others do, or have things they have, at the expense of the deeper things you want. You really don’t. Almost everything is an option. You have full permission to ask yourself what really matters to you—whatever that is—and then optimize for that in all hard tradeoffs of life. You’re going to have to make some sacrifices... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Don’t Sacrifice the Wrong Thing
Being numb to your emotions is a one type of dissociation, but equally common is being numb to your preferences (pleasure).
Emmett Shearx.com
Be a bodhisattva to all of yourself
Roger This @rogerthisdell
Related: dukkha isn't some secret, spooky thing; it's the resistance you feel all the time in real-life situations.
You can learn a lot about your own suffering by noticing your obstacles to working with a teacher, following a practice schedule, or doing daily mindful moments.
Richard Ludlowx.com