The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: a human creature born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive. To them a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death.
"To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man's-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again."
— Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart
"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
— Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
Not only is this Patty and Diane kidnapping scheme boring but it’s also stupid af. Jack asking the entire family to move out the Abbott house as a plan to uncover info from Patty is more dumb than his plan to shut Jabot down to protect it from Victor. He isn’t very bright. #YR
"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. For in almost everything else we see this to be the case. You are a citizen of the world, and a part of it, not one of the subservient, but one of the principal parts, for you are capable of understanding the divine administration." — Epictetus, Discourses
Daytime Emmy Winner Peter Bergman Reveals Why 'Beyond the Gates' Crossover Was Unlike Anything in His Career (Exclusive)
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Getting your needs met requires vulnerability. But this isn’t the same thing as sharing everything with everyone.
Vulnerability doesn’t mean oversharing, lacking discernment or exposing yourself to people who haven’t earned your trust.
"There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious." — Carl Jung, Collected Works
"No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself. If you want to know yourself, look at how you respond when external circumstances fail to go your way." — Seneca, On Providence
The Universe said: if you have an anxious soul, do everything for fun. Go to a job interview for fun. Submit documents for fun. Start a blog for fun. Take the chance just to see where it leads. Anxiety feeds on importance. Stop treating every step like it's the final test.
the fact that you can name your patterns doesn't mean you've broken them. but it does mean you've taken away their anonymity. and a pattern that's been named operates differently than one that runs in silence.
What if luck is not something that finds you, but something you move toward?
The more I pay attention, the more I notice that the people we call lucky are almost never standing still. They are moving. Showing up. Staying open.
You literally have to decide that your peace is more important than their perception. The next time someone misreads your boundary as coldness, you have to let the misread stand without chasing them down to offer an explanation. Let them be wrong.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but "I'll be happy when" is a moving target that has never once stopped moving. The "when" relocates every time you arrive. Happiness isn't waiting for you at some distant destination. It's waiting for you to claim it, today.