“Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. The capacity to create ourselves, based upon this freedom, is inseparable from consciousness or self-awareness. (p. 100)”
― The Courage to Create
― The Courage to Create
“Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. Like a chemical mixture, if one of us is changed, both of us will be. Will we grow in self-actualization, or will it destroy us? The one thing we can be certain of is that if we let ourselves fully into the relationship for good or evil, we will not come out unaffected.”
― The Courage to Create
― The Courage to Create
Miko’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Miko’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Miko
Lists liked by Miko




















