“You can come across a precipice not only in the mountains but in everywhere! If you don’t like a person, there, a precipice appears; if you meet a person with a different faith, there, a precipice appears! The more mature, the more tolerant and the wiser you become, the less precipice will appear in your life!”
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“Marsh is not swamp. Marsh is a space of light, where grass grows in water, and water flows into the sky.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“Toxically shamed people tend to become more and more stagnant as life goes on. They live in a guarded, secretive and defensive way. They try to be more than human (perfect and controlling) or less than human (losing interest in life or stagnated in some addictive behavior).”
― Healing the Shame that Binds You
― Healing the Shame that Binds You
“he wants to know what will give me hope again. It’s the first time anyone has asked me that. “If I have hope, I’m only going to get crushed again,” I say tearfully. “If you could have anything in the world, what would it be?” he asks. “Love,” I say without a second’s hesitation. “But that’s the biggest setup of all.”
― The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating
― The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating
“DHAMMAPADA We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with an impure mind And trouble will follow you As the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart. We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with a pure mind And happiness will follow you As your shadow, unshakable. How can a troubled mind Understand the way? Your worst enemy cannot harm you As much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, No one can help you as much, Not even your father or your mother. from the Dhammapada,”
― Teachings of the Buddha
― Teachings of the Buddha
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