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“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“Prayer of an Anonymous Abbess:
Lord, thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and especially from the unfortunate habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and at every opportunity.
Release me from the idea that I must straighten out other peoples' affairs. With my immense treasure of experience and wisdom, it seems a pity not to let everybody partake of it. But thou knowest, Lord, that in the end I will need a few friends.
Keep me from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point.
Grant me the patience to listen to the complaints of others; help me to endure them with charity. But seal my lips on my own aches and pains -- they increase with the increasing years and my inclination to recount them is also increasing.
I will not ask thee for improved memory, only for a little more humility and less self-assurance when my own memory doesn't agree with that of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be wrong.
Keep me reasonably gentle. I do not have the ambition to become a saint -- it is so hard to live with some of them -- but a harsh old person is one of the devil's masterpieces.
Make me sympathetic without being sentimental, helpful but not bossy. Let me discover merits where I had not expected them, and talents in people whom I had not thought to possess any. And, Lord, give me the grace to tell them so.
Amen”
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Lord, thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and especially from the unfortunate habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and at every opportunity.
Release me from the idea that I must straighten out other peoples' affairs. With my immense treasure of experience and wisdom, it seems a pity not to let everybody partake of it. But thou knowest, Lord, that in the end I will need a few friends.
Keep me from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point.
Grant me the patience to listen to the complaints of others; help me to endure them with charity. But seal my lips on my own aches and pains -- they increase with the increasing years and my inclination to recount them is also increasing.
I will not ask thee for improved memory, only for a little more humility and less self-assurance when my own memory doesn't agree with that of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be wrong.
Keep me reasonably gentle. I do not have the ambition to become a saint -- it is so hard to live with some of them -- but a harsh old person is one of the devil's masterpieces.
Make me sympathetic without being sentimental, helpful but not bossy. Let me discover merits where I had not expected them, and talents in people whom I had not thought to possess any. And, Lord, give me the grace to tell them so.
Amen”
―
“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it”
― Eleven Minutes
― Eleven Minutes
“To be passive is to let others decide for you. To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is to decide for yourself.
In myths, nothing good comes from gloating. You have to let the gods maintain the image of their singular power.
I did not yet know that nightmares know no geography, that guilt and anxiety wander borderless.
It is a reflex to expect the bad with the good.
I don't know what fears kept hidden only grow more fierce. I don't know that my habits of pretending are only making us worse.
Maybe moving forward also meant circling back.
There are always two worlds. The one that I choose and the one that I deny, which inserts itself without my permission.
To change our behavior, we must change our feelings and to change our feelings, we must change our thoughts.
Freedom is bout choice - about choosing compassion, humor, optimism, intuition, curiosity and self-expression.
To be free is to live in the present.
When you have something to prove, you are not free.
When we grieve, it's not just over what happened - we grieve for what didn't happen.
You can't heal what you can't feel.
It's easier to hold someone or something else responsible for your pain than to take responsibility for ending your own victimhood.
Our painful experiences aren't a liability, they are a gift. They give us perspective and meaning, an opportunity to find our unique purpose and our strength.
One of the proving grounds for our freedom is in how we relate to our loved ones.
There is no forgiveness without rage.
But to ask "why" is to stay in the past, to keep company with our guilt and regret. We can't control other people and we can't control the past.
You can't change what happened, you can't change what you did or what was done to you. But you can choose how you live now.”
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
In myths, nothing good comes from gloating. You have to let the gods maintain the image of their singular power.
I did not yet know that nightmares know no geography, that guilt and anxiety wander borderless.
It is a reflex to expect the bad with the good.
I don't know what fears kept hidden only grow more fierce. I don't know that my habits of pretending are only making us worse.
Maybe moving forward also meant circling back.
There are always two worlds. The one that I choose and the one that I deny, which inserts itself without my permission.
To change our behavior, we must change our feelings and to change our feelings, we must change our thoughts.
Freedom is bout choice - about choosing compassion, humor, optimism, intuition, curiosity and self-expression.
To be free is to live in the present.
When you have something to prove, you are not free.
When we grieve, it's not just over what happened - we grieve for what didn't happen.
You can't heal what you can't feel.
It's easier to hold someone or something else responsible for your pain than to take responsibility for ending your own victimhood.
Our painful experiences aren't a liability, they are a gift. They give us perspective and meaning, an opportunity to find our unique purpose and our strength.
One of the proving grounds for our freedom is in how we relate to our loved ones.
There is no forgiveness without rage.
But to ask "why" is to stay in the past, to keep company with our guilt and regret. We can't control other people and we can't control the past.
You can't change what happened, you can't change what you did or what was done to you. But you can choose how you live now.”
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Hinna’s 2024 Year in Books
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