Reminders for myself
Call Me Charlie
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All the platitudes I finally understood this year:
Starting new things is very hard, you should do it anyway. Do not let your mind become a museum of regrets for all the things you never started. You must move yourself to build the life you want.
You must commit, even without full... See more
Mejix.comHere’s an image I share because I’m trying to look for images that I think can be so helpful. Metaphors can’t be explained, but they are like Jesus’ parables or koans; you can sense in a story or an image a realization that you can’t explain.
One of the images that I like from Meister Eckhart is when he says, “Imagine that you’re looking at a
... See more“Confidence is belief in yourself. Certainty is belief in your beliefs. Confidence is a bridge. Certainty is a barricade.”
-Kevin Ashton
Anxiety often happens when your level of intelligence isn't aligned with your level of courage. You know what you can do, but you never do it. That's anxiety.
Orange Book 🍊📖x.com“All too often our so-called strength comes from fear, not love; instead of having a strong back, many of us have a defended front shielding a weak spine. In other words, we walk around brutal and defensive, trying to conceal our lack of confidence. If we strengthen our backs, metaphorically speaking, and develop a spine that’s flexible but sturdy,... See more
Loving Courageously - Wisdom Hunters
This is one of many lessons I’ve learned through birding. It’s a humbling activity, where you can go from being an expert to an amateur just by crossing a few state lines. You have to get comfortable with the not-knowing.
Birding into the Unknown
A great decision isn’t one where you avoid the bad outcomes and get the good outcomes.
It’s one where you are who you want to be, no matter the outcome.
Joe Hudsonx.com“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you... See more