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Philosopher George Santayana on why we follow the crowd:
“A man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body.
He may like to go alone for a walk,
but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.”
We all need each other
Abbot Anthony the Great himself, the first famous hermit of Western monasticism, who had spent his entire life as either hermit or community abbot
—from Welcome to the Wisdom of the World, by Joan Chittister
What is your wing?
Are you more self-confident like an Eight or
more principled like a One?
Today, notice how your wing qualities enrich your personality.
(Personality Types, 370)
Type Three EnneaThought®
Celebrate your healthy qualities today. How can you express your gifts of child-like self-enjoyment, confidence, and energy? (Personality Types, 95)
Type Nine EnneaThought®
Celebrate your healthy qualities today. How can you express your gifts of optimism, serenity, and emotional stability? (Personality Types, 338)
Courage is the most important of all the virtues,
because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
— Maya Angelou
because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
— Maya Angelou
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we don’t have to have a cell, and we don’t have to run away from the responsibilities of an active life, to experience solitude and silence. Amma Syncletica said, “There are many who live in the mountains and behave as if they were in the town, and they are wasting their time. It is possible to be a solitary in one’s mind while living in a crowd, a
... See moreMany clothing brands make a decision at some point during the scale-up phase to ship manufacturing jobs overseas in an effort to increase their profits. That, in turn, increases the value of their stocks, and the growth just skyrockets from there.
However, that means jobs go away and, in a lot of ways, means the quality suffers a little.
That is wh
... See moreBack to basics today: remember that your Basic Desire is to maintain your inner stability and peace of mind.
Can you become aware of how your Basic Desire is the root of many of your most compelling motivations and unconscious actions?
(The Wisdom of the Enneagram, 316)
An expanded awareness enables us to bring more of ourselves and thus more resources to bear on whatever problems or difficulties we may be facing.
(The Wisdom of the Enneagram, 40)