Bruce Behymer

“The Buddhist explanation”
― Pema Chödrön, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

“The Buddhist explanation is that we feel this uneasiness because we’re always trying to get ground under our feet and it never quite works. We’re always looking for a permanent reference point, and it doesn’t exist. Everything is impermanent. Everything is always changing—fluid, unfixed, and open. Nothing is pin-down-able the way we’d like it to be. This is not actually bad news, but we all seem to be programmed for denial. We have absolutely no tolerance for uncertainty.”
― Pema Chödrön, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

“If you can’t advertise yourself, what hope do you have of being able to advertise anything else?”
― Kenneth Roman, The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising

“We are never encouraged to experience the ebb and flow of our moods, of our health, of the weather, of outer events—pleasant and unpleasant—in their fullness. Instead we stay caught in a fearful, narrow holding pattern of avoiding any pain and continually seeking comfort. This is the universal dilemma.”
― Pema Chödrön, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears