Anusha

Just leaving a trail of thoughts to see at what stages of my life I was a pretentious twit

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Carl Jung on the danger of advice

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Cormac McCarthy, what a writer

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Robert Anton Wilson, remember that

[Anusha @_A_KS_]

@phokarlsson 💯

[Anusha @_A_KS_]

@NickBardoukas @maxwellcopy you can ask it to call you out.. "what are the assumptions and blind spots in what i shared with you?"

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

C. S. Lewis on friendship, magical

read it slowly

[Anusha @_A_KS_]

I'm not tired anymore

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

— W.H. Auden

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

C. S. Lewis on human nature... sublime

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Van Gogh, you can just do things

[scott 🌞 @scottdomes]

loving curiosity towards every part of your being doesn’t just feel nice, it gives you access to way more information

including things that were previously buried under shame & guilty

[Anusha @_A_KS_]

@IkkyusDen try reading about instinctual stackings

[scott 🌞 @scottdomes]

relaxation = courage

what we think of as courage is our ability to take action in scary/difficult situations

aka our ability to move out of flight/freeze and into a calm, grounded response

which requires training our nervous system to be calm in situations where it’s typically agitated

and the best way to train our nervous system is to show it that it’s safe to be calm in those kinds of situations

that might mean taking on “micro challenges” that ever-so-slightly stretch our ability to remain centered… and then learning to relax into that space

which, over time, expands our capacity… and our courage

the route to courage is to learn to relax in as many situations as possible

this is the work of the artist, the entrepreneur, the partner, parent, friend… all of us want to be able to stay calm & centered in the face of stress

relaxation is the key, and relaxation is a practice

and it starts with giving yourself permission to start that practice, in the here and now: to notice the places you’re currently holding tension in your body, and see if you can release them just a bit

see if you can create just a bit more space, a bit more calm

might not seem like much, but it’s part of a larger process, one that takes you towards the most courageous version of yourself 🌗

[Anusha @_A_KS_]

@scottdomes phenomenal framing of courage 👏

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Bill Watterson, the genius behind Calvin and Hobbes, on creating a meaningful life

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Joyce Carol Oates, this is everything