Hope Cornelius
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Hope Cornelius
What if your path is a spiral?
One of my favorite quotes comes from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse:
“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.”
There are many moments on your journey where you’ll... See more
instagram.comHaving substituted consumption for creativity and technical skills, shopping becomes a form of self-actualization--there's no small number of teenage girls who associate personal growth with changing their wardrobe--"retail therapy" becomes an active way of feeling good. Shopping,
Jacob Lund Fisker • Early Retirement Extreme: A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence
Enjoying the little things...Ideas of meaning and purpose exist on a huge scale, but they remove us from the value in the everyday. Instead of worrying about what it all “means” in the face of eternity ask: what if I only had today? This wakes you up to the preciousness of pointless and forgettable moments.
Rosie Fitzmaurice • How a meaningless life could make you happier in 2022
At the heart of agency lies a willingness to question defaults. To be agentic, you have to treat “how things are supposed to be done” as just one option among many.
https://open.substack.com/pub/escapingflatland/p/agency?r=3smee&utm_medium=ios
The Emotionally Absent Mother: A Guide to Self-Healing and Getting the Love You Missed
Jasmin Lee Cori MS LPC • 22 highlights
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Too often today, the only narratives that matter are personal ones, and many have seen a widening gulf between their individual hopes and dreams and those of the world around them. Too often, as well, people feel like powerless observers of forces and trends they cannot control. The rekindling of social imagination is one aspect of taking back
... See moreGeoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
It is important to underscore that many of us do not have the resources or stability that offers us the space to dream. Dreaming is a privilege in and of itself. To have space to dream, we need rest, food, shelter, health care, or access to resources that allow us agency. I want us to dream towards each other. I want us to dream towards action.
... See moreAnnika Hansteen-Izora • Communal Dreaming
A “life of meaning” is simply one in which one’s particular values are tested, extended, and expressed.
Joe Edelman • Human Values
Frankl’s formula to experience a life of meaning was pragmatic and threefold: Take action creating a work or performing a deed. Experience something or encounter someone that you find captivating and that pulls you out of yourself. Have an optimistic attitude toward the inevitable challenges and suffering you will experience in life.