self-validation
Reminders on seeking self-approval rather than relying on external validation
self-validation
“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
I’ve changed my mind about what a successful person looks like. My v1 framework for a successful person focused on external achievements. Is this person leading a company? Are they operating at the top of their field? Are they leading movements and creating change? Those were the questions that decided whether someone was a success or not. It creat... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Kirsten Green
“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”
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Thomas Merton,
No Man Is an Isla... See more
―
Thomas Merton,
No Man Is an Isla... See more
A quote from No Man Is an Island
