self reliance
As unpredictable as it is, this is a revolutionary time. One in which you can make the world fit you, instead of trying to fit into the world. People will always get up on stages and sit behind desks to tell you how things are. But they will never be able to tell you how things can be. That part’s on you to determine.
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lay out intentions like paving of ease in future. “i’m going to have fun in class tomorrow,” “when i got for a walk i’m going to see so many beautiful things,” “i’m going to have the most cozy night tonight,” “i’m going to be very present with my friends on wednesday,” etc. see how easily the moment adapts. it’s like a little spell to set yourself
... See moreevery morning i wake up and get my coffee and i recite in my head this excerpt from ‘invitation’ by mary oliver: “it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world,” and i just say it over and over again until it sticks to my mind for the rest of the day. it is a serious things. i am alive. i am so lucky. this fresh m
... See more21 best ideas in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on Self Reliance (via justin murphy)
Most people do not trust their own beliefs. The essence of genius is simply to trust yourself—to infer that whatever seems most true in your heart is most true in reality—and for everybody else, too, despite whatever they may claim.
There is hardly anything more painful
Think about rituals each season to celebrate the arrival of spring or the harvest, think about rituals of gratitude and abundance each day to remember where our food came from or who was involved in cultivating the earth.
Ecological belonging is living in an ongoing interconnected relationship with ourselves, each other and our broader natural world... See more
Ecological belonging is living in an ongoing interconnected relationship with ourselves, each other and our broader natural world... See more
Ecological Belonging
give yourself a sense of place and time. rotate your wardrobe when the weather changes. update your playlists every month. write down three things you did today. do it everyday. message your friends good morning. buy yourself different flavors of tea based on your mood, the packaging, the weather, your heart. save the little paper labels; stick the
... See moreTWENTY WAYS TO MATTER
Excavate the truth beneath the truth beneath the truth —
the deeper you go, the simpler it gets:
the longing, love, insecurity, rage, loss —
all of it part of the same fabric,
all just a story
emerging from the quantum foam.
Move through the world
knowing that everyone around you
is doing the best they can,
that humanity is capable
of th