self renewal
explorations in how individuals and institutions can adapt, evolve, and renew their sense of vitality when they become stagnant.
self renewal
"Your holiest pain comes from your yearning to change yourself in the exact way you'd like the world around you to change." -Rob Brezsny
For the entirety of my young and skittish life, I had fixated upon my fear as if it were the most interesting thing about me, when actually it was the most mundane. In fact, my fear was probably the only 100 percent mundane thing about me. I had creativity within me that was original; I had a personality within me that was original; I had dreams an
... See moreElizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
The more defensive you are about a belief you have, the more likely that that belief is standing in the way of your freedom.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
Human beings are always, and always will be, a frontier between what is known and what is not known. The act of turning any part of the unknown into the known is simply an invitation for an equal measure of the unknown to flow in and re-establish that frontier: to reassert the far inward, as yet unknown horizon of an individual life; to make us wha
... See moreDavid Whyte • Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
A true mystery, like life itself, is not for us to understand with our logical mind. Puzzles can be solved, but never a true mystery. You are such a mystery. There are many systems that claim to solve the mystery that is you. They may attempt to pigeonhole us into categories and behaviours and types, but no human being can be broken down into parts... See more
The Activation Sequence - Gene Keys
Everyone is shy. Other people are waiting for you to introduce yourself to them; they are waiting for you to send them an email; they are waiting for you to ask them on a date. Go ahead.
Kevin Kelly • Tweet
Cut a chrysalis open and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly... No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay.
— Pat Barker
— Pat Barker