A lot of people get snagged on thoughts & feelings in their mind.
It weighs them down.
Remember: your nervous system, indeed you, leave no fossil record except your speech and actions.
Thoughts & feelings matter (to varying degrees) but actions are your only legacy.
Checking oneβs delusions is now an active process. One that requires self-reflection and the cultivation of friendships with people who will call you on your crazy. It means surrounding yourself with people who will check your delusions... https://t.co/fEa9k3VX9T
"Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature." - George Bernard Shaw in "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"You are not obligated to have a strong opinion about everything. Get fewer opinions about way fewer things, and then strive always to interrogate the basis of your strongest opinions..." https://t.co/N78JhKqhzp
βAbove all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.β
-- Dostoevsky
Five days ago, a Republican Member of Congress posted a video of him killing a Democratic Member of Congress, and still nothing from Republican leadership. Nothing.
Cowards.