Reminders for myself
On a deeper level, I’m always practicing being done, in every sense—because birth, death, love, and life’s turning points arrive unannounced, their timing held close in the hands of the universe. One of my meditation teachers likens us to ships sailing out to sea, destined to sink; we just don’t know when. Another advises, “Stop making stuff.” He m
... See moreA phrase worth knowing: Is trom an t-ualach an t-aineolas. An old Irish proverb meaning ‘ignorance is a heavy burden’. It’s the antithesis of ‘ignorance is bliss’ which I have never understood. Ignorance, whether wilful, feigned or indoctrinated, is a very heavy thing indeed.
From Dense Discovery - Orlagh Feeney
“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life. I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life.” I’ve learned that life sometimes
... See moreJust stand wherever you are — in the kitchen, in the shop, or in the bathroom — and wrap your arms around yourself as tightly as you can. Rock yourself. Before long you will be able to feel God holding you in the same way you are holding yourself. You will be comforted the way you were comforted as a child when your mother held you in her arms and
... See more"If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your
... See moreIf we all carry a little of the burden, it will be lightened. If we share in the suffering of the world, then some will not have to endure so heavy an affliction. It evens out.
— Dorothy Day in Dorothy Day: Selected Writings by Robert Ellsberg, Dorothy Day
"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
Two thoughts from R. Buckminster Fuller
“There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.”
“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.”
Wise up - Jordan Harbinger
When you don’t know what to do in a given situation, oftentimes the best thing you can do is to just do something.
Why?
Because doing something — even if it’s not right or perfect or brilliantly executed — has a way of cutting through paralysis.
Doing something also removes the anxiety of an open loop. It eliminates the
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