self relationship & exploration
how we experience, relate with, & feel about ourselves. self-realization, self-knowledge, self-awareness, self-esteem.
self relationship & exploration
Many people, me included, ask the question ‘what is it like to be me’ surprisingly infrequently. Asking yourself this, a lot, can stop you from falling into a bunch of varieties of self-destruction, and lead you towards a more self-authored and less self-inflicted life.
Sasha Chapin • Review: Meditation from Cold Start to Complete Mastery
i talked to a friend yesterday about an insecurity he feels w singing
when he gets really into a performance, he fears that his ears don't work as well; he glosses over half-steps or inadvertently changes keys
so i shared a take that i think could help someone in ANY art form:
hart the phoenixx.com
Relationships are like gazing into clear, bottomless pools of water. Look hard enough and you’ll meet the eyes of your own reflection. Stare into the soul of someone else long enough, and you’ll fall deeper into the abyss of yourself. The more you love the person in front of you, the more you understand yourself.
Grace Capobianco • The Autonomy of Monogamy
For most of my life, my decisions were driven by invisible shoulds which manifested as ambivalence. It’s not that I felt like I had no agency over my life, but I often felt indecisive at the trailhead of a big decision. I simply did not know myself well enough to make informed decisions on my own behalf. When I found myself at crossroads, it was... See more
Cissy Hu • A lifetime of should-ing
Growing up, we turn to our parents, friends, teachers, and communities for guidance like our lives depend on it. Because it does. We have no idea yet how to live, how to learn, how to dress, how to be. Through being explicitly told what to do and implicitly observing what we should do, we learn to earn love and acceptance by living in accordance... See more
Cissy Hu • A lifetime of should-ing
we don’t have time to understand everything