Fatima Yasmin
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Fatima Yasmin
Self-Love Self-love is the quality that determines how much we can be friends with ourselves and, day to day, remain on our own side.
Alain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
Prayer is the voice of longing; it reaches outwards and inwards to unearth our ancient belonging. Prayer is the bridge between longing and belonging. Longing is always at its most intense in the experience of vulnerability…
https://rhfoerger.wordpress.com/2019/09/20/prayer-a-bridge-between-longing-and-belonging/
"We want something that’s very passionate, or boiling, from the get-go. In the past, people weren’t looking for something boiling; they just needed some water. Once they found it and committed to a life together, they did their best to heat things up. Now, if things aren’t boiling, committing to marriage seems premature. But searching for a soul ma... See more
Aziz Ansari • Modern Romance
To wait for something is to value it, to want it, to yearn for it, but to face its absence, its attainment forestalled by time and circumstance. All true waiting — which is different from abstinence, delayed gratification, and other forms of self-discipline — has an element of helplessness to it and is therefore training ground for mastering the vi... See more
Maria Popova • The Marginalian
The girl who had sex with 100 guys in 24hr is the logical conclusion of our age's shift toward algorithmic, numbers-based value—what Kierkegaard called "levelling": A "silent and mathematical" process that destroys the embodied and specific individual, and replaces it with totalizing abstraction. The girl literally imagined having sex with Numbers—... See more
Jordan Castrox.commodernity tells us kids are a luxury. dating is a luxury. relationality is luxury. you have the earn it. the individual has to earn. once they are rich, hot, smart, mature enough, they won't harm their partner. the poor, ugly, and god forbid "codependent" should stay home
yatharth ༺༒༻x.comAccording to the Buddha, “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” How few of us embrace ourselves in this way! With metta pr
... See moreSharon Salzberg • Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Classics)
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And yet, no matter what bravery we show to the world, most of us have recurring doubts about our worth. We worry that we’re not desirable enough, good enough, successful enough. We fear we’re not enough, period. Intellectually, we may appreciate that loving ourselves would give us a firm foundation, one from which we could extend love out into the
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