Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame or clinging, it can show us something special about our own minds that allows us to embrace life fully. – Mark Epstein, Open to Desire.
You got this. Make it happen.
I’m a seeker who writes about what I find. And maybe, on just the right day, I can help you flatten your learning curve. If I’ve got anything to say, it’s this: you are the authority on you.
Sometimes it reminds me that the most loving act can be to just let it go.
The mere act of dreaming is a vitalizing, life-affirming endeavor. As it turns out, using your imagination is very, very good for your wellbeing. Einstein believed that imagination was even more important than knowledge itself.
I think if Jesus ran a branding campaign these days, his slogan would be: That’s not what I meant by that.
Desire is the engine of creation.
We get so many societal messages about what the Right Dream is that it gets hard to decipher what our own dream is.
Getting “spiritual” was delaying getting real.
I want to feel good more than I want to check accomplishments off my list.
Own your extraordinariness and Your ordinariness.
Most social and religious systems reward conformity with approval and access. We’re trained from the beginning of our lives, in almost every organized endeavour, to look outside of ourselves for the right answer. Our parents, teachers, and leaders ask it of us. And then we carry on the tradition and ask it of others: Please meet my expectations. Its a snarled up mass of illusions and dogma, laced with the sublimely universal human need to be comforted and to have an effect.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. – Judy Garland.
At this point in my life, I am the joy that I’ve fought for.
I needed someone to tell me that I was sane, that I was special, and that I wasn’t all that special.
So many consumers are mistaking volume for wisdom.
Somehow I get the idea that being whole is about being perfectly consistent. I’d rather we be perfectly honest.
It’s a mess. But you know what? It’s a beautiful mess that we can’t and shouldn’t try to avoid.
Truth is a journey.
Have strong preferences and Be easy to please.
The pain you may experience today does not invalidate yesterday’s healing.