self renewal

"When you hit the wrong note, it's the next note that makes it good or bad."—Miles Davis

Have you considered that your chronic tensions may not actually be trauma stuck in your body but a sign that you gotta stretch and flex more

“Gnosis should be an experience of your own life, a plant grown on your own tree. Foreign gods are a sweet poison, but vegetable gods you have raised in your own garden are nourishing. They are perhaps less beautiful but they have stronger medicine.” Carl Jung

Authenticity is doing and saying what feels right to you in all moments. You have no judgement of yourself. You don’t overthink, perform, or strategize to get people to receive you in a specific way. You understand that your real tribe will stay, and the rest will fall away.

“You can do it like it’s a great weight on you, or you can do it like it’s part of the dance.” —Ram Dass

A startup is a story The story is useful because it brings people to work towards something together The story is limiting because employees let it dictate what they can and cannot do The story isn't real - a startup is just people and what they choose to do every morning

You don’t have community because you aren’t a good community member. You don’t host events, you don’t know how to cook, you don’t know how to dance, you don’t know how to sing, and you aren’t doing anything to learn. You can’t tell stories or jokes.

I have seen the fate of those who have not lived their own lives, and it is simply horrible. People who live out their destiny and fulfill it to the best of their knowledge and abilities have no reason for regret. — Carl Jung, October 20, 1959

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing” - Ben Franklin

you don’t need to understand yourself fully. you can’t. you are an organism of complexity beyond your own comprehension all you need to do is notice what you notice, meet it with love & warmth, and allow yourself space to bloom