self-discovery
finding yourself, self-knowledge
Supritha S and
self-discovery
Shifting from viewing growth as a movement from wrong to right to something expansive makes making progress sustainable, easier, faster and much more fulfilling.
instagram.comdon’t necessarily agree / like the note on ‘faster’ in the caption, otherwise yeah sweet -lfg.
If you want to decipher who you are, it’s good to begin with the question of what stories have been told about you. Do this not because they are true but because they will help you locate the mirages and their origins. They will help you rend mask from flesh. They may also help you grab hold of something real.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
Stuff happens. Your stories about it determine whether it’s manageable or not.
Dr. Steven Brownlowtwitter.comOur external struggles with life mirror our internal struggles with integrity.
Dr. Steven Brownlowtwitter.comthere’s something soothing about being proud of the achievements of an older version of yourself, even if that version is no longer aligned with who you are today.
From horoscopes and the Enneagram to the social archetypes of the high school cafeteria, we are desperate for ways to make sense of who we are in relation to the world. It’s troubling that the answer would not be immediately clear to us. But there are parts of us we’ve managed to hide even from ourselves.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
What makes your mind stronger, and more able to control your emotions, is internal discipline and toughness. No one can teach you this skill; you cannot learn it by reading about it. Like any discipline, it can come only through practice, experience, even a little suffering.
Robert Greenetwitter.comAsk me what I want to be, but not before you ask me who I want to be. Ask me who I want to be, but not before you ask me the more searing question of who I am.